Great read over at Smithsonian.com, following the exploits of the ship partly through the eyes of a 12 year old who had snuck his way into the US Navy in 1942. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...-ii-veteran-at-13-years-old-168104583/?no-ist
That's awesome I know it's heresy, but for me Warspite ranks up there with Iowas. What a great history the Warspite had.
I used to check out books on battleships/dreadnoughts from the library and she was always one I was drawn to. Longevity and survivability, your not gonna find one better. Then to meet such an anticlimactic ending..... http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-25104303
Hopefully Uni will drop by so I can make fun of his Rodney and Nelson posters he has hanging in his garage.
She's not the most aesthetically pleasing battleship. The Italian Battleship Roma may take that crown. I'm also partial to the clipper bow of our super dreadnoughts which I'll use the Tennessee as the example.
Nothing more imposing than a battleship. Antiquated even when the Iowas were being built, they still have sense of gravitas.