Trivia about a Battleship

[VonLippe]

One US Battleship was lost to an enemy battleship's main-gun shells in WW2.  Can you name both the US and enemy Battleships?

Spoiler

USS Arizona was sunk by IJN Nagato's 16" shells.  The Japanese navy had no heavy armor-piercing bombs, so for the Pearl Harbor attack, they fitted Nagato's AP shells with guidance fins and used them as bombs

 

[AtlanticRim]

If this is true, this is super cool. Thanks for sharing! That's an upvote to you.

If I may ask, from what sources did you find this information? Would like to know.

 

[Edselman]

17 minutes ago, AtlanticRim said:

If this is true, this is super cool. Thanks for sharing! That's an upvote to you.

If I may ask, from what sources did you find this information? Would like to know.

 

It Is true, actually kind of common knowledge for serious WWII buffs

[AtlanticRim]

2 minutes ago, Edselman said:

It Is true, actually kind of common knowledge for serious WWII buffs

Super cool. Thanks for the reply.

[Kittens_On_Board]

23 minutes ago, AtlanticRim said:

If this is true, this is super cool. Thanks for sharing! That's an upvote to you.

If I may ask, from what sources did you find this information? Would like to know.

Here is some more information about bombs used in the war you might find interesting. 

http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bombs.htm

[VonLippe]

Everyone's seen the videos of battleships firing full broadsides and moving sideways through the water as a result of the tremendous recoil. 

 

But is that really what happens?

Spoiler

False.  The "wake effect" seen is from the impact of the muzzle blasts hitting the water.  In reality, even a nine-gun broadside from an Iowa wasn't sufficient to push a 50kton ship sideways more than a fraction of an inch.