Welcome to the home page of the Aircraft Carrier Study Group, an index, by carrier. The Battleship Page is hosted by the Iowa Class Preservation Association.
Battleships represent the culmination of centuries of naval strategy and warship design.
Designed to project power around the globe, battleships were considered the ultimate weapon prior to the nuclear age. This website will acquaint you with important historical information. The U.S. Department of the Navy Ship Model Program collects, preserves, interprets, and displays scale models in federal museums and offices and in state and local public educational museums and facilities. Depicting the rich tradition, historical heritage, and technological development of the United States Navy from earliest times to the present, the Department of the Navy Ship Model Collection is recognized as a precious national treasure. By opening up the Great Lakes Web Ring, you will find a wide variety of websites focused on the Great Lakes and many of the sites are maritime history related, like museums.