Battleships of the Second World War

Yamato was a Yamato—class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. One of the largest warships in the history of mankind ever sunk in the course of hostilities.

USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of a series of four Iowa—class battleships of the United States Navy. Named after the state of Iowa.

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The Bismarck is a battleship of the German Navy, one of the most famous ships of the Second World War. It is named after the first Chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck. During her first and only cruise in May 1941, the ship sank the British battlecruiser Hood in the Danish Strait. The British navy's hunt for the Bismarck, which began after that, ended three days later with the sinking of the flagship.

Sevastopol (in 1921-1943 — Paris Commune) was a dreadnought battleship of the Russian Imperial Baltic Fleet and the Red Army. The lead ship is about

Scharnhorst (German: Scharnhorst) is a battleship (also can be defined as a battlecruiser) The German Navy in World War II. It is named in honor of General and reformer of the Prussian Army Gerhard von Scharnhorst and in memory of the World War I cruiser Scharnhorst, sunk in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914.

The Richelieu is a battleship of the French Navy, the lead ship of the Richelieu type. Named after Cardinal Richelieu.

Littorio (later "Italy") was an Italian Littorio—class battleship of the Second World War.

HMS King George V is the second British battleship of that name (the first was in 1911). She was laid down as the lead ship of the new series in 1937.

The Musashi is the second battleship in the Yamato series of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The flagship of the United Fleet of Japan.

USS Missouri (BB-63) is a United States battleship, the third Iowa—class ship and the third warship of that name.

Admiral Graf Spee was a German Deutschland—class heavy cruiser of the Second World War.

New Jersey (BB-62) is an American Iowa—class battleship. Built at a shipyard in Philadelphia, USA. She was launched on December 7, 1942.