Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch ...
What You Need to Know: The Montana-class battleships, authorized in 1941 but never built, were intended to be the last of their kind for the U.S. Navy. These massive ships would have been larger than ...
It fired the first US 16-inch shell of World War II, and the last 16-inch shell of the war overall. The battleship is now a museum where visitors can tour once top-secret areas. The USS Massachusetts ...