From a 1916 Scientific American "Technology of Naval Warfare, 1916." This is in the form of a slide show.
1. Naval aviation. A picture of a battleship carrying seaplanes.
2. Catapult for aircraft on a battleship.
3. Destruction of landmarks taken by Germany along the Belgium coast. They destroyed anything that could be used by the Allies to navigate. The picture showed a lighthouse being blown up.
4. The USS Arizona, superdreadnaught, shown leaving Brooklyn Navy Yard after commissioning in 1916. It was the U.S. navy's largest and most modern battleship.
5. Submarine warfare.
Latest in 1916. --Cooter
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