battleship
Battleships were designed around heavy guns and armor. This topic is part of Naval History within History. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
battleship trivia questions
A battleship is a heavily armed type of what?
Answer: Warship
Bonus fact: Battleships were designed around heavy guns and armor.
What weapon dominated classic battleship design?
Answer: Large naval guns
Bonus fact: Battleships carried very large-caliber artillery.
Which U.S. battleship hosted Japan's formal surrender in 1945?
Answer: USS Missouri
Bonus fact: The surrender documents were signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Which U.S. battleship became a memorial after being sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack?
Answer: USS Arizona
Bonus fact: The USS Arizona Memorial now spans the sunken battleship in Pearl Harbor and commemorates those killed in the attack.
Where did the USS Maine explode in 1898?
Answer: Havana Harbor
Bonus fact: The battleship had been sent to Cuba during rising tensions with Spain.
Why was it called the Great White Fleet?
Answer: Its battleships were painted white
Bonus fact: The ships had white peacetime hulls with buff-colored superstructures.