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From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Biggest WWII battle ship
Message-ID: <1990Jul28.161257.2547@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 28 Jul 90 16:12:57 GMT
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From: raymond%europa@uunet.UU.NET (Raymond Man)

In <1990Jul25.004855.7480@cbnews.att.com> Craig Anderson, in reference
to the raid on St. Nazaire, said Tirpitz was smaller than Yamato.

I think that is correct, but Tirpitz might still be the largest battleship
afloat at that time because, I think the St. Nazaire raid was in 1943,
when Yamato was not yet commissioned.

I think Yamato is considered as the biggest battleship in WWII although
her sister ship Musashi(sp?) was about as big. However, the biggest
WARSHIP in WWII is Shinano, which was designed as a battleship but
hastily converted to a flap top after Midway. She was sink by a US sub
during a transfer voyage before it was commissioned.
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