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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships.Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, [c] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 13 Lead Soldiers: Frank McDonald: Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Westcott: Mystery 20th Century Fox: 3 Godfathers: John Ford: John Wayne, Harry Carey Jr., Pedro Armendáriz, Mae Marsh
Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity on July 16, 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
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USS Nevada may refer to: Neshaminy (screw frigate), built in 1865 but never commissioned, renamed Nevada in August 1869; USS Nevada (BM-8) a monitor commissioned in 1902, renamed Tonopah in 1909, and sold in 1922; USS Nevada (BB-36) a battleship, commissioned in 1916, served during World War II, and finally sunk for practice in 1948
The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships—Nevada and Oklahoma—built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. [a] They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt "all or nothing" armor, a major step forward in armor protection because it emphasized protection optimized for long-range engagements before the Battle of Jutland ...
Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma; Commissioned: 11 March 1916 (Nevada) Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 (Nevada) Fate: Nevada sunk as target 1948; Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941, raised and stripped of salvageable parts, sunk en route to scrapping 1947
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: ...