Yamato was by far the largest battleship ever built, even exceeding in size and gun caliber the U.S. Navy's abortive Montana class. Their nine 460mm (18.1-inch) main battery guns which fired 1,460kg (3,200 pound) armor piercing shells were the largest guns ever went to sea.  Each gun weighed of 2,530t, the weight of a large WW II destroyer.
 

Built under the 1931 Fleet Replenishment Program, the Mogami-class cruisers were designed to the maximum limits allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty, using the latest technology.  This resulted in the choice of a 155 mm dual purpose (DP) main battery in five triple turrets capable of 55° elevation. To save weight, electric welding was used, as was aluminum in the superstructure, and the use of a single funnel stack. New impulse geared turbine engines, coupled with very heavy anti-aircraft protection, gave the class a very high speed and protection.
 

After completion of trials and training programs, battleship Bismarck departed to participate in the battle of the Atlantic. In this battle, Bismarck demonstrated how superbly it had been designed and built. In a mere eight minutes, she sunk the finest and biggest battlecruiser of Royal Navy, HMS Hood.   
 

On 24 May 1941, Prinz Eugen fought alongside Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait against HMS Hood, hitting the British battlecruiser three times and starting a huge fire.  Prinz Eugen also damaged HMS Prince of Wales with four hits. 
 

Along with USS Missouri, USS Arizona BB-39 is one of the most famous battleships in US Naval history.   USS Arizona is today still in commission and serves as a memorial to all the US dead from the Imperial Japanese Navy's attack.
 

The Battleship USS Texas BB-35 is the last and oldest Battleship afloat that served in both WWI and WWII. She was considered the most powerful warship afloat because of her ten 14"/45 guns in five twin turrets. 
 

USS Nicholas DD-449 served as flagship of Destroyer Squadron 21 and earned 16 battle stars including two for submarines sunk. Awarded one of the first Presidential Unit Citations for action in the Solomon Islands in 1943.  Also received a Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge.  Admiral Halsey ordered that USS Nicholas DD-449 and twin sister O’Bannon be present in Tokyo Bay for Japan’s surrender “because of their valorous fight up the long road from the South Pacific."
 

The first USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. In total 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of its sinking.  Model constructed for the Pacific Ship and Shore Monographs museum. 
 

The United States produced 58 Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers.  The Sumner class was based upon the previous Fletcher class, which were built from 1941 until 1944. In addition to the three twin 5"/38cal mounts, Sumners had twin rudders, giving them better maneuverability.

The Gearing class of destroyers originated near the end of World War II when the United States Navy required more range and anti-aircraft capabilities from its Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers. It managed that by adding 14 ft to the length in the midsection. 
 

On 6 December 2006, the USS Milius successfully launched a Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time in a test of the Block IV configuration.  The launch took place in the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range off of California.  The missile flew 869 miles before impacting its target on the land range at China Lake, California.
  

The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar.  The class is named for Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of World War II, and later Chief of Naval Operations. 
 

The KIDD DDG-993 was the world's largest destroyer and, after the Aegis-equipped Arleigh Burke class, the most powerful multi-purpose destroyer in the fleet.  She is the most formidable warship of her size ever to patrol the world's oceans, blending the best features of the SPRUANCE Class destroyers with the combat system of the VIRGINIA Class nuclear cruisers. KIDD DDG-993 is a triple-threat, able to operate offensively, to deal with simultaneous air, surface, and sub-surface attacks.  
 

The first ship to employ the Vertical Launch System (VLS), USS Bunker Hill CG-52 was given the nickname "Vertical Swordsman". In November 1990, she sailed in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM and served as the multinational Anti-Air Warfare Commander, directing the tactical employment of 26 ships and over 300 combat aircraft.  USS Bunker Hill CG-52 was one of the first ships to launch TOMAHAWK Land Attack Missiles against Iraqi forces.  
 

USS Mobile Bay CG-53 was deployed in August 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield and Storm, becoming the first Aegis cruiser to circumnavigate the globe. In the Arabian Gulf, the ship distinguished itself by becoming the first Battle Force Anti-Air Warfare Commander to control a four-carrier Task Force. Mobile Bay CG-53 launched 22 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile strikes, and controlling carrier-launched attack aircraft that contributed to the complete destruction of the Iraqi Navy.
 

In 1986, USS Rentz was the first American warship to conduct an official port visit to the People's Republic of China since 1949. In July 1987, USS Rentz deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Earnest Will, and spent over three months escorting commercial tankers in the Gulf and through the Strait of Hormuz.  Since 1987, USS Rentz has been to the Arabian Gulf several additional times. In 1995, USS Rentz participated in the inaugural Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training cruise (CARAT).
 

The Swift is a wave-piercing, aluminum-hulled, commercial catamaran with military enhancements. It features a new, modular design, which will allow the ship to be refitted to support any mission without requiring long shipyard periods. 
 

USS San Diego is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped Marine battalion of 699 officers and enlisted men.
 

USS Independence is one of the most innovative warship designs ever built.  Built from aluminum with a load carriage capability of 250 tones, the USS Independence can sprint at 35 knots and has a range of  3,000 nautical miles.  The trimaran design allows high speeds in heavy seas and allow helicopter operations in conditions where other ships would close down.
 

The Jason Dunham DDG-109 is the US Navy’s most advanced Arleigh Burke Class.  She was commissioned in Port Everglades on November 13, 2010.    
  

USS Barry has received many awards, including the Battenberg Cup for the years 1994, 1996, and 1998—making Barry one of only three ships to have won the prestigious award three times, and the only Aegis destroyer to have won the award thus far—earning her the nickname "Battenberg Barry."  She has also been awarded the Battle E award 4 times, and received the Golden Anchor and Silver Anchor Awards for retention. 
  

The USS Laboon became the first Arleigh Burke class destroyer to engage in combat in Iraq, launching Tomahawk missiles to attack air defense targets on Sept 3rd, 1996.  
  

Known as "The Big E", the USS Enterprise CV-65 is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and, to this day, holds the records as the longest, tallest and fastest carrier.   USS Enterprise's crew of 3,150 consists of 150 officers, 150 chief petty officers, and 2,850 petty officers E-3 and below.
 

USS New York (LPD-21), the fifth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York. The New York has a crew of 360, and can also carry up to 700 Marines. The ship is notable for using steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center, after it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Scheduled completion date: Nov 2002.  Sign up for updates: Wish list
 

Musashi, "sister" of battleship Yamato, was commissioned in August 1942 when she proceeded to Truk Lagoon, where Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto made Musashi his flagship. After he was killed on April 18th, 1943 (having been shot down by a special U.S. Army Air Forces operation) in the Solomons theater of operations, Musashi returned to Japan carrying his ashes. On 24 October 1944, Musashi was attacked in the Sibuyan Sea by American aircrafts and capsized.
 

The second USS California (ACR-6), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

USS Idaho was present at the signing of the surrender on board USS Missouri.  Idaho received seven battle stars for World War II service.

USS Sioux (AT-75) was a Navajo-class fleet tug of the United States Navy that saw service during World War II, and in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.  
 

The Zumwalt-class destroyer is designed as multi-mission ship with a focus on land attack.  In February, 2008, Bath Iron Works was awarded for the construction of the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was awarded for the construction of the DDG-1001, with price of $1.4 billion each. However, the final cost is $3.2 billion plus $4 billion life cycle cost per ship.  Sign up for updates: Wish list or have it faster: commission it.
 

The Sea Shadow was built in the mid-1980s.   The ship is capable of operating in Sea State 5 (extremely rough) conditions.  The Sea Shadow incorporates a Small Water Plane Area Twin Hull hull form with canted struts extending below the water line to torpedo-shaped hulls. Fins mounted on the front and back of the inboard sides of the lower hulls provide the control surfaces for turning the vehicle, eliminating the need for conventional rudders and reducing drag. The ship's sloped sides are an extension of the angled struts, whose design are driven by signature, hydrodynamic and structural considerations. Several technologies from the Sea Shadow have been incorporated into Navy ships including signature control on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Also, Sea Shadow's Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull technology has been incorporated into the TAGOS-19, a twin hull ocean surveillance ship. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

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USS Anchorage was a dock landing ship commissioned on 15 March 1969. In the ship's 34 years of service, she completed 19 deployments in the western Pacific and became the most decorated dock landing ship on the west coast.  USS Anchorage participated in numerous military operations. At the end of the Vietnam War, the ship carried Marines back to the United States as a part of the US withdrawal from Vietnam. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

Ticonderoga received 5 battle stars during World War II and 12 battle stars during the Vietnam War. She also received 3 Navy Unit Commendations and 1 Meritorious Unit Commendation. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
                                   

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The most famous US Navy officer of the War, Fleet Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey commanded the Saratoga for 2 years and was Rear Admiral on her for another 2 years. During the war, the Saratoga served in the Battle of Guadalcanal and attacked Rabaul, Sumatra, Iwo Jima and Java.   Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

The date was January 18, 1911, and the place was San Francisco BayEugene Ely successfully landed his Curtiss D-IV "Puhser" biplane on the deck of the Pennsylvania.  After 45 minutes, he took off from the ship and landed ashore 2 miles away.  This momentous event demonstrated that ships could serve as floating airfields.  It marked the beginning of naval aviation.  Sign up for updates: Wish list or have it faster: commission it.
 

The Scharnhorst was a battle cruisers and had done a great deal to turn the Battle of the Atlantic towards a potential German victory. She and her sister ship dash up the English Channel in February 1942, Operation Cerberus, was a major embarrassment for the Royal Navy. Scharnhorstwas commissioned in 1939. She was usually referred to as "light" battleships, despite her 771ft long hulls and standard displacement of 34,841t, very close to the 35,000t treaty maximum. In fact, she was longer than, and almost as heavy as, the British King George V class or the American North Carolina class fast battleships. What makes her "light" is their 9-11in/47 guns. What she gained by this sacrifice was extensive internal sub-division, higher speed (32 kts as opposed to the 27-28 kts of the Allied ships), long range, and heavy armor (13.75 inch belt). Scharnhorst and her sister ship had the most brilliant career of all the capital ships of the German Navy. The two battle cruisers were famous for their beautiful style. It may safely be said that their well-proportioned shape ranked second to no other battleships of the world. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

German pocket battleship of 10,000 tons launched in 1936. The Graf Spee was more heavily gunned than any cruiser. After Graft spee sunk 9 merchant vessels in the Atlantic, Winston immediately ordered commodore Harwood to seek out the cruiser and sink her with everything he had.  The success of neutralizing one threat the Graf Spee was the key player in the confidence in Churchill leading the British people to Victory. Churchill was beside himself with gratitude. "What a relief" he thought" Now I can make decisions myself without interference" Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

This fast attack boat was called the "Schnellboote" by the Germans, and "E" boat by the allies' motorboats.  The powerful and heavily-armed E-boats were used effectively on all fronts by the German Navy. There were especially deadly in the English channel after the German capture of the French seaports allowed easy access to Allied convoy routes. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

The cruise of the German light cruiser SMS Emden was among the most romanticised and notable incidents of World War I. In the latter half of 1914 Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, sinking or capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and warships before being run aground by its captain to save it from sinking, after engaging HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

SMS Seydlitz was a 25,000 ton battlecruiser of the Imperial German Navy. The Seydlitz was a unique vessel and can be considered the ultimate evolution of Germany's first generation of Battlecruisers.  At the Battle of Jutland in 1916, her gunfire led to the explosion of HMS Queen Mary.  Seydlitz was heavily damaged herself, being hit by 21 heavy shells and a torpedo. She shipped 5,000 tons of water, reducing her freeboard to almost nothing, and made it back. Seydlitz survived more damage that any other German Captial Ship during WWI, a remarkable testament to the incredibly strong basic design of German Battlecruisers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she was always considered a lucky ship by the sailors of the High Seas Fleet. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

Akagi was the queen of Japanese flattops, the flagship of First Air Fleet. A conversion from a battlecruiser hull, she still possessed the lean lines of her original design. Akagi had a 250m long flight deck and in her final configuration could hold 92 planes in her hangar space.  She led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in other significant actions during the Japanese advance across the Pacific.  She was sunk, along with 3 other Japanese carriers, by American dive bombers during the Battle of Midway. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

Neustrashimy, the Russian word for "Undaunted", is also the latest Russian frigate design to enter service. It is optimized for ASW missions. The design incorporates significant efforts to reduce radar and infrared signature. The superstructure is broken with flat convex planes to break up radar return and is covered with radar absorbent material.  This is basically the same concept used in multifaceted USAF F-117 but in this case applied to a 4,000-ton frigate. The two stacks are low and designed to diffuse emissions to break up the infrared signature. At first glance you don’t realize that the ship has two stacks because the aft stack, behind the main mast is so low as to appear parts of the superstructure. Another application of stealth design to this frigate is the design of the six torpedo tubes. Instead of separate mounts, torpedo tubes are mounted into the hull, three to a side in multi-facet/plane fixed positions. The principle is that the multiple facets reduce radar return. Primary ASW weapons systems include the six 533 torpedo tubes, using SS-N-15 missiles and wire guided torpedoes, and single RBU-6000 rocket launcher in front of the bridge. This weapons suite is complemented by the Ka-27PL Helix helicopter. Sign up for updates: Wish listor have it faster: commission it.
 

Kirov is the lead ship of the eponymous class of missile cruisers. It is one of the biggest warships of the world.  Kirov's size and weapons complement have given her the unofficial designation of a battlecruiser. The appearance of the Kirov class was a significant factor in the US Navy recommissioning the Iowa class.  This ship has an impressive armament of missiles and guns as well as electronics. Its largest radar antenna is mounted on its foremast, and called "Top Pair" by NATO.  Kirov's main weapons are 20 × SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles mounted on deck, designed to engage large surface targets, and air defense is provided for with 12 × S-300F launchers with 96 missiles, 2 × Osa-MA with 40 missiles and the Kashtan air-defense missile/gun system. Other weapons are the automatic 130 mm AK-130 gun system, 30 mm AK-630, 10 × torpedo/missile tubes, Udav-1 with 40 anti-submarine rockets and the 2 × RBU-1000 six-tube launchers.  Kirov was laid down in June 1973, launched on December 26, 1977 and completed in December 1980.  826.8 ft long and 93.5 ft wide.
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