Ships that sunk in the ocean that were ajor ships?

Answer 1

War time or peace time? In peace time, the major warships sunk in the ocean have been:

1. Battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk while under tow to California after WWII.

2. Battleship USS Arkansas, sunk by an Atomic Bomb, during testing in the Pacific in 1946.

3. Battleship USS Nevada, sunk for target practice in the Pacific.

4. Battleship USS Pennsylvania, sunk for target practice in the Pacific.

5. Battleship USS New York, sunk for target practice in the Pacific.

Wartime, in the ocean:

British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese airplanes in the Pacific (South China Sea-part of the Pacific).

Japanese Battleship IJN Yamato, sunk by US airplanes in the Pacific.

German Battleship DKM Bismarck, sunk itself in the Atlantic.