How useful were battleships in ww2?

During WWII Battleships were used to control sea lines and in shore bombardments, especially in the Pacific. Aircraft carriers, both during the British attack on Taranto in Nov 1940 and of course Pearl Harbor in Dec 1941, proved to be the future of naval warfare, along with submarines.

How many torpedoes did it take to sink a ship?

Musashi required eleven torpedoes to sink, because the US carrier strike planes attacked it from both sides. That allowed the flooding to equalize so that she remained upright and afloat for quite a long time.

How many torpedoes did Yamato take?

In all, Yamato took 12 bomb and seven torpedo hits within two hours of battle. An astounding series of explosions onboard Yamato produced the mushroom cloud seen here shortly before she sank. Yamato settled on the seafloor 1,200 feet down and about 50 miles southwest of Kyushu, Japan.

What is the best battleship in WW2?

The best battleships used in WW2 as far as effectiveness were the Iowa class battleships. They are the USS Iowa, USS Wisconsin, USS New Jersey and USS Missouri. The Japanese built two battleships which were the biggest battleships every built.

Was Musashi bigger than Yamato?

The Musashi’s sister ship, the Yamato, nearing completion in 1941. To claim that Musashi was the most powerful battleship ever built would court needless controversy, but she was by most accounts the largest (very marginally larger than her sister, HIJMS Yamato).

Why battleships are no longer used?

“The battleship era ended not because the ships lacked utility,” Farley writes, “but rather because they could no longer fulfill their roles in a cost-effective manner.” They were too big, too pricey to build and maintain, and their crews of thousands of sailors were just too large.

What is the best US battleship?

The USS Missouri has been described as the most famous battleship ever built. Nicknamed “Mighty Mo,” the Missouri was an Iowa-class battleship that saw combat in World War II, the Korean War and the Gulf War.

How did IJN Yamato sink?

Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japan’s only hope of destroying the Allied fleet off the coast of Okinawa. But insufficient air cover and fuel cursed the endeavor as a suicide mission. Struck by 19 American aerial torpedoes, it was sunk, drowning 2,498 of its crew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtK2DbcYaY