battleship

• A certain lady of importance, who had a seaside villa, begged that a battleship should be anchored just outside of it. —  Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography
• This series, about a navy battleship from the Japanese Self-Defence Forces transported back to WWII, sounds like a gripping, mature story of tough choices and tougher consquences. —  Comics212
• Across the river, drivers can see the U.S.S. North Carolina, a World War II battleship which is now a state historic site. —  News for WNCT
• At the present moment, the battleship is the primary, or paramount type, the others secondary, because the battleship is the type that can exert the most force, stand the hardest punishment, steam the farthest in all kinds of weather, and in general, serve her country the best Of course, "battleship" is merely a name, and some think not a very good name, to indicate a ship that can take the part in battle that used to be taken by the "ship of the line." —  The Navy as a Fighting Machine
• Sometimes classed as a battleship, and taking her place in the line, the 50-gun ship came to be essentially a type for stiffening cruiser squadrons. —  Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

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