Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, selected almost 11 months ago to take over the Marines’ largest warfighting unit, finally took the helm at California’s Camp Pendleton, calling the I Marine Expeditionary Force “America’s hammer.”
Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, selected almost 11 months ago to take over the Marines’ largest warfighting unit, finally took the helm at California's Camp Pendleton, calling the I Marine Expeditionary Force “America’s hammer.”
USS Missouri, the third laid down but last completed of the Iowa class, carried a slightly heavier main armament than the South Dakotas and could make five extra knots. The Iowas were the first U.S. Navy battleships to make speed a primary value, and achieved the speed through a longer hull and more powerful machinery. Indeed, the Iowas are the fastest battleships ever built,