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The list of battleships includes all battleships built between 1859 and 1946, listed alphabetically. The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called ' pre-dreadnought battleship ', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895.
Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status Operator USS Enterprise: 1: Aircraft carrier: 342 m (1,122 ft) 94,781: 1 decommissioned United States Navy: Gerald R. Ford class: 1: Aircraft carrier: 337 m (1,106 ft) 100,000: 1 in service, 3 under construction, 10 planned United States Navy: Nimitz class: 10: Aircraft carrier: 332.80 m ...
”The Sum of all Fears” or “The Sum” for short - USS John C. Stennis Due to the aircraft carriers’ explosive appearance in the 2002 film, “The Sum of all Fears”, starring Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman "Surunmaa" – Finnish navy corvette Turunmaa. Literally "land of sorrow". "Swanky Franky" – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Napoléon (1850), the world's first steam-powered battleship. A ship of the line was a large, unarmored wooden sailing ship which mounted a battery of up to 120 smoothbore guns and carronades, which came to prominence with the adoption of line of battle tactics in the early 17th century and the end of the sailing battleship's heyday in the 1830s.
One of their number, Texas (BB-35), is the last remaining American battleship of the pre–World War II era and the only remaining dreadnought in the world. Next came the twelve Standards, beginning with BB-36 Nevada, commissioned over the period 1914 to 1920.
This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.