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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 51 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Sean Runnette. |
| Summary |
USS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When her keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the world. When she finally slipped beneath the waves in 1948, America was the undisputed global superpower. Nevada was revolutionary for her time: the first "superdreadnought"; the first U.S. warship to be oil fired; the first to have a triple-gun main turret; and, the first to have all-or-nothing armor. In World War I, she was based in Queenstown, Ireland, to provide protection for American convoys bringing troops to Europe. The only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor, she suffered damage from Japanese bombs and torpedoes and sank in shallow water. Raised and repaired, she did convoy duty in the North Atlantic before joining the invasion fleet for D-Day and the landings in Southern France. Shifting to the Pacific, Nevada provided bombardment support at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The end of the war saw her outgunned and outmoded, but her contributions were not over. In 1946, she survived not one but two atomic tests, the second of which left the battleship too radioactive for scrapping. On a sunny day in 1948, Nevada was towed off the coast of Oahu and used for target practice. She died a warrior's death. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Nevada (Battleship)
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United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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Battleships -- United States -- Design and construction.
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| Added Author |
Runnette, Sean.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Remarkable story of Battleship Nevada |
| ISBN |
9781541469396 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541469399 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12305955 |
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