Battleship

Battleships are the largest and most powerful warships in the Naval Ops series of games and usually become available in the mid-game. Except where missions require a specific type of warship, battleships--once opened for access--will become the mainstay of most players' arsenals.

History: Real life battleships ruled the oceans from the end of the 19th century until the end of WWII, when aircraft carriers took the crown. They were massive, heavily armored, gun platforms that carried primary batteries of heavy artillery; secondary batteries of medium-caliber guns for defense against small surface threats and (in some cases) aircraft; and small caliber, rapid-fire guns for air defense. Although they were slow and lacked adequate submarine defenses, they were able to deliver heavy ordnance across great ranges to support amphibious assaults and absorb heavy punishment from enemy fire. Some of the most significant battleships in world history include, but are not limited to:
 * USS Missouri (BB-63)--The final surrender of Japan, ending WWII was signed on her deck.
 * KMS Bismarck--Sunk by Royal Navy ships in 1941, shortly after destroying the HMS Hood.
 * IJN Musashi--Sunk by US aircraft in 1944 at the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea.
 * HMS Queen Elizabeth (00)--Served with the British Royal Navy in both WWI and WWII.
 * Italian Navy's Vittorio Veneto--Heavily damaged in early 1941 by British torpedo bombers.
 * HMS Dreadnought--Revolutionary battleship launched in 1906, marking a new era in battleships. Became the only battleship in history to ever to sink a submarine when it rammed the German submarine SM U-29 in 1915.
 * USS Arizona (BB-39)--Sunk in 1941 during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, thrusting the US into WWII.
 * French Navy's Richelieu--Only battleship to fight on both sides of WWII.
 * IJN Yamato--Sunk by US air strike in 1945, she took over a dozen bomb and torpedo hits before sinking.

Ingame: Battleships can carry artillery up to 100cm diameter bore guns. Battleship hulls have extremely high tonnage capacities, allowing them to carry very heavy loads of weapons, engines and armor. Most of the late-game battleships are more restricted by deck space than by tonnage displacement.In addition, late game engine technology allows players to build faster battleships than other categories due to sheer volume of space to place them. However, they are unable to mount any type of torpedo, mine or anti-submarine weapon systems (excluding ASROC or anti submarine auxilary aircraft if facilitated). In WSG2, they are also limited to no more than six auxiliary systems, so players must choose carefully what auxiliary systems the ship will have.