SILVER STATE DREADNOUGHT: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada

Revolutionary for her time, the Nevada was the first U.S. warship to be oil fired, the first to have a triple-gun main turret, and the first to have all or nothing armor. She was the only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor, suffering damage. Raised and repaired, she joined the invasion fleet for D-Day and the landings in southern France. This is her story.