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The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a large, powerful American battleship of the Pennsylvania-class featuring twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets, two torpedo tubes, and an "all-or-nothing" armor scheme with a 13.5-inch belt. Powered by four Curtis steam turbines and twelve boilers, it could reach 21 knots and had a length of 608 feet. The ship was commissioned in 1916, survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and was later sunk as a target in the 1946 atomic tests at Bikini A

5.6K views · 375 reactions | HMAS Ballarat and USS John S. McCain united on the high seas and remained in company through the Malacca Strait while sailing for Exercise MALABAR. Both ships will soon join with Indian and Japanese partners for the high-end maritime exercise to be held in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. | Royal Australian Navy | Facebook

10K views · 130 reactions | Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jeremy Moynahan,...