Iowa-Class Battleship Aircraft Carriers? The U.S. Navy Had a Crazy Idea

The ship could interdict enemy fleets on the high seas, particularly the Soviet Navy’s Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers that were then under construction at the Leningrad shipyards.

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