We had three fleet carriers in the Pacific when the war started.

They saved us at Midway until the fleet could be built back up. I still say we should bring back the BB's an upgrade them. Ask some of the Iraqis who were on the receiving end of those 16 inch guns during Desert Storm.

In response to this post by HokieDan95

Posted: 10/23/2017 at 09:39AM

Ww2 peeps: why was the potential of the cv ignored in favor of battleships? -- HokieDan95 10/22/2017 10:08PM

That, and the London Naval Treaty. -- Chris Coleman

10/23/2017 12:41PM

My dad,a sub engineer, said to put $ in subs vs carriers.... -- TD-Tech 10/23/2017 11:54AM

Thought the Japanese I400 was an interesting idea -- HokieDan95 10/23/2017 1:54PM

Potential with that - in the little reading I did, the... -- TD-Tech 10/23/2017 2:40PM

We had three fleet carriers in the Pacific when the war started. -- hokieman842 10/23/2017 09:39AM

Battleships were old hat by the time of WW1 -- I85Hokie 10/23/2017 07:37AM

People are resistant to change -- Vienna_Hokie 10/22/2017 10:28PM

Battleships still have their place, as will CVNs in the future. -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2017 08:52AM

Agree with all that...it's the over-focus and budget driven decisions -- Vienna_Hokie 10/23/2017 09:32AM

The US already had battleships. It wasn't like you could build a bunch of -- Hokie`79 10/22/2017 10:25PM

We had three fleet carriers in the Pacific when the war started.

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