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Pearl Harbor as the largest concentrated battleship target

Pearl Harbor stands out because many battleships were present together at one moment, even if later campaigns deployed more ships over a wider period.

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Question

What was the largest concentration of battleships in the Second World War?

Short answer

Pearl Harbor, because the battleships were present together at one time rather than rotating through a larger campaign deployment.

Notes

Pearl Harbor held the largest concentration of battleships in the Second World War. Concentration is different from total deployment. Okinawa involved many battleships, but they rotated and were not all simultaneously in the same place. Pearl Harbor's significance in this comparison is the density of capital ships present at once.