Germany's Bismarck gained notoriety for sinking the HMS Hood before being sunk itself. The USS Washington achieved the only one-on-one battleship kill during WWII. -Lastly, Japan's Yamato ...

Bismarck's secondary batteries and armor quality ... she was less advanced than contemporaries like Japan's Yamato or the U.S. Iowa-class. In the more than 80 years since she was sunk much has ...