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What type of weapons were used during the battle of leyte gulf?
torpedoes,battleships,jeeps and ect
Steam turbines were first used in Navy battleships constructed?
During the early 20th century before world war i
What were World War 2 aircraft carriers used for?
Besides air strikes on land and sea targets, they were used "for the first time" to contest control of the sea (more commonly called "Sea Battles"). Instead of battleships fighting it out; carriers fought it out...first at Coral Sea, later at Midway.
What were the capital ships at the beginning of World War 2?
The short answer depends on the Navy. Capital ships generally refer to aircraft carriers, battleships, and battlecruisers. At the beginning of World War 2 in 1939 the following navies had the largest number of capital ships. More ships in all the navies were built later on in the war such as the famous Bismark class or Yamato class battleships. The British Navy- Battlecruisers- HMS Hood, Renown, Repulse Battleships HMS Rodney, Nelson, Ramillies, Resolution, Revenge, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Barham, Malaya, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Warspite Aircraft Carriers- HMS Ark Royal, Courageous, Eagle, Hermes, Victorious, Illustrious, Formidable, Argus IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy)- Battlecruisers- Kongo, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna Battleships- Nagato, Mutsu, Ise, Hyuga, Fuso, Yamashiro Aircraft Carriers- Kaga, Akagi, Ryujo, Soryu, Kriegsmarine (German Navy)- Battlecruisers- Scharnhorst, Gneisenau Battleships- Schlesien, Schleswig-Holtstein "Pocket" Battleships- Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer, Lutzow (Deutschland) Aircraft Carriers- Graf Zeppelin (never completed) United States Navy- Battleships- USS New York, Nevada, California, Maryland, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, Aircraft Carriers- USS Lexington, Enterprise, Ranger, Saratoga, Yorktown Regia Marina (Italian Navy)- Battleships- Conte di Cavour, Littorio, Vittorio Veneto Aircraft Carriers- Aquila (built but never used in combat) French Navy- Battleships- Richelieu, Jean Bart, Dunkerque, Strasbourg, Bretagne, Courbet, Lorraine Aircraft carriers- Beam
What type of gas canisters were used in World War 2?
None. Gas was used in WW I, but not in WW II.
