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The 10 Biggest Battleships Ever Built

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.
The largest ever mounted on a warship, each gun could fire 3,200-pound (1,460 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 kilometers).
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