Battleship

A large armored warship designed to engage enemy fleets with heavy guns. Its defining features were thick armor and main batteries of large-caliber guns.

Naval artillery: Artillery designed for use aboard naval vessels, including guns for ship-to-ship combat and shore bombardment. Battleships concentrated their offensive power in large naval guns.
Ship of the line: A sailing warship powerful enough to fight in the main battle line of a fleet. Battleships inherited the fleet-battle role once held by ships of the line.
Battle of Jutland: A major naval battle fought between British and German fleets in the North Sea in 1916. Jutland was the largest fleet action fought primarily by dreadnought battleships.
Aircraft carrier: A warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft at sea. Carriers projected air power beyond the range of battleship guns and displaced them as fleet centers.
Turret: A rotating armored structure that houses weapons and allows them to aim across a wide arc. Rotating turrets let battleships train heavy guns without turning the entire ship.
Ironclad warship: A steam-powered warship protected by iron or steel armor, developed in the nineteenth century. Ironclads established the armored steamship as the basis for later battleship design.
Battle of Leyte Gulf: A series of naval engagements in October 1944 that formed the largest naval battle of World War II. Battleships fought in several actions as carrier aviation reshaped the wider campaign.
Submarine: A vessel capable of operating underwater, often armed with torpedoes or missiles. Submarines could attack battleships from concealment, bypassing much of their armor.
Armor belt: A thick band of armor along a warship's sides, intended to protect its hull and vital spaces. The armor belt guarded battleships against shells striking near the waterline.
HMS Dreadnought: A British battleship commissioned in 1906, combining an all-big-gun main battery with steam-turbine propulsion. Its design reset international battleship standards and gave a name to a new generation.

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