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The USS Arizona was never decommissioned after being sunk. The US Navy only lists her as being stricken from the record on 1 Dec 1942.
The last ALL GUN (no missiles) battleship to fire it's guns in a war; was the Iowa Class USS New Jersey. She fired nearly 6,000 16" shells and 15,000 5" shells at communist targets in Vietnam.
The last true battleship to battleship duel was between the USS Washington and the IJN Kirishima off of guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The USS South Dakota was also involved but suffered technical/electrical difficulties during the engagment. IJN Kirishima was focused on the South Dakota and did not see the Washington until it was to late. The Washington slammed dozen of 16in and 5in shells into the Kirishima...leaving her to sink the next morning.
Brazilian battleship Riachuelo ended in 1910.
WWII was histories last: 1. Cruiser fleet actions (Battle of Java Sea) 2. Carrier clashes 3. Battleship vs Battleship clashes (Suriago Strait) 4. Destroyers vs Destroyers (Guadalcanal)
BB-40. She was decommissioned in 1947.
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Last battle of the battleship Bismarck happened on 1941-05-27.
The USS New Jersey, an Iowa class battleship, is the last warship to have fought as a traditional all gun battleship & the only battleship to have fought in the Vietnam War.
The USS Arizona was never decommissioned after being sunk. The US Navy only lists her as being stricken from the record on 1 Dec 1942.
2 ships in the Royal Navy have had the name HMS King George V The first was built between 16 Jan 1911 and 9 Oct 1911 and was decommissioned in 1924 The second was built between 1 Jan 1937 and 21 Feb 1939, she was decommissioned in 1949 and sold for scrap
The USS New Jersey is the only Vietnam Veteran battleship. She fired nearly 6,000 sixteen inch shells in the Vietnam War and she is naval histories last battleship to have fought a war as a traditionally all gun battleship.
A decommissioned weapon is one that has been PERMANENTLY altered so that it can never again, be fired.
The last ALL GUN (no missiles) battleship to fire it's guns in a war; was the Iowa Class USS New Jersey. She fired nearly 6,000 16" shells and 15,000 5" shells at communist targets in Vietnam.
USS Texas is the only dreadnaught remaining afloat. It is a WW1 ship. Her last war was WW2. Her sister was the battleship USS New York, which was sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a target, after WW2. The only US battleship to fight in Vietnam was the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey.
The battleship USS New Jersey, America's most decorated US warship & history's last all gun battleship to have fought a war.
The Shuttle program is being decommissioned because they are too old. We are developing a replacement.