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This video provides an extensive look at some of the greatest battleships in world history. These massive ships, which form the brute strength of the world's navies, have their own mystique and mythology. Included in the survey are the colorful stories of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, which were the first battleships sunk by enemy aircraft, and the Missouri, which survived World War II to serve again in the Persian Gulf War. There is also a look at the sinking of the Bismark and the dramatic suicide mission of the Japanese battleship Yamato.