I read back then there were plans to have the Japanese battleship Nagato to be turned into a museum ship but the U.S. did not allow it because it would serve as a symbol of Japanese Imperialism. So the Nagato met her end in Bikini Atoll.
Victorious might have been doable if there was the will. Then again if there was the will she'd have stayed in service for a few more years.There’s no way the U.K. could have paid for their ones, besides wasn’t Warspite in just terrible condition by the end of the war?
And saving either KGV or Duke of York should have been possible as well if the public had bothered to care.Victorious might have been doable if there was the will. Then again if there was the will she'd have stayed in service for a few more years.
Argentina can't even aford to keep it's active duty ships in shape...If Argentina had let Belgrano stay in harbor instead of sailing during the Falklands war, would the old USS Phoenix be around or would it have been scrapped?
Argentina can't even aford to keep it's active duty ships in shape...