becuase they are strong
Most nations sink their own vessels, so the enemy can't get them (leave nothing for the enemy). The Danes sunk their battleships because they were afraid the Nazis were going to find them. So the only way for them to be safe was to sink the battleships.
USS Arizona: along with the West Virginia and USS Oklahoma. Several other battleships were severely damaged.
The Germans as they sent U-boats into the Atlantic to sink allied ships so allies sent battleships in and the result A BATTLE / CONFLICT
All battleships are strong...otherwise they would not be battleships.
The collective noun is 'a flotilla of battleships'.
Battleships weigh about 50,000 tons
They wanted to sink the 7th fleet in the harbor with a major attempt being the aircraft carriers. None of the carriers were in Pearl Harbor on the 7th. They did sink most of the battleships, all but one was returned to the service, but that took much time.
It demonstrated that "Battlecruisers" shouldn't fight battleships...nor be used like battleships. Battleships are for "slugging it out" with other battleships; battlecruisers are for reconniassance, raiding, and killing cruisers.
Who invented the war machines, tanks, battleships, and crossbow?
No. The US Navy did not have that many battleships.
Two battleships (Yamato and Musashi)
Japan had 8 battleships built as such and also 4 fast battleships which had been built as battlecruisers but improved between the wars.