Some states, like Alaska, have only 1 district for the whole state. Others, like California, have several. There are also 2 special federal trial courts that hear certain kinds of cases from anywhere in the country: 1  The Court of International Trade hears cases about international trade and customs issues.
Bismarck Battleship - German Navy WW2. Battleship Bismarck, a 41,673-ton battleship, was built at Hamburg, Germany. First of a class of two heavy ships, with Tirpitz being the second, she was commissioned in August 1940 and spent the rest of that year running trials and continuing her outfitting.
The ships of today dwarf most of the biggest warships built during the Second World War. In terms of tonnage, even the 72,000 ton Yamato class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy â the largest warship of World War 2 â falls well short of the 100,000 ton aircraft carriers which have become the norm in the US Navy.