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The construction of these vessels in the US began earlier than their British counterparts, but due to budgetary issues, they were not commissioned until 1910. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify these battleships named after a prototypical 1906 British vessel. These ships’ “all-big-gun” design and other innovations made previous battleships obsolete and accelerated the early 20th-century naval arms race.
ANSWER: dreadnoughts [accept HMS Dreadnought]
[10h] Despite being of five different classes, 13 American battleships ordered between 1911 and 1916 compose this “type,” which was characterized by “All or Nothing” armor schemes to allow them to function as a single line.
ANSWER: Standard Type Battleships
[10m] The battleships that were supposed to replace the Standard Type battleships were canceled after this 1922 arms reduction conference, which set the US and Royal Navies equal to each other in battleship tonnage.
ANSWER: Washington Naval Conference
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Berkeley CBerkeley B100010
McDouble West-CarletonOttawa C100010
Ottawa BOttawa A1001020
WaterlooToronto Ray of Sun in the Sky100010
ClaremontAuxiliary CLU1001020
DukeSouth Carolina B100010
James Madison ANorth Carolina A1001020
North Carolina BJames Madison B0000
NC StateSouth Carolina A100010
Berkeley AStanford A1001020
Emory AGeorgia Tech C100010
Georgia AGeorgia Tech A0000
Georgia BTennessee A100010
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech B100010
EdinburghBirmingham100010
WarwickCambridge A1001020
DurhamImperial B1001020
Imperial ACambridge B100010
OxfordBristol1001020
Chicago AChicago B1001020
Illinois AIndiana1001020
Notre Dame APurdue A100010
Purdue BIllinois B100010
VanderbiltNotre Dame B1001020
George Washington AGeorge Washington B001010
Johns HopkinsMaryland A1001020
GeorgetownMaryland B100010
Michigan BKenyon B1001020
Michigan A Ohio State A 1001020
Kenyon A Ohio State B100010
Boston CollegeArizona State10101030
FarrellmagnetismZen and the Art of Buzzing1001020
Ganon Evans Fan ClubMSU A and Friend100010
Cornell RCornell MATLAB0000
Syracuse+RochesterRIT100010
TAG Magnet: Taylor's VersionHCC0000
TAMUTexas A1001020
Texas CTexas B0000
Missouri AWUSTL XYZ1001020
SIUEMissouri B1001020
WUSTL H2OSquidward Community College1001020