Wage War: The USS North Carolina was America’s first “fast battleship,” designed for both speed and strength. Launched in ...

Key Points and Summary - HMS Vanguard was conceived in 1941 as a fast capital ship that could keep up with carriers and fight heavy surface threats, using stored 15-inch turrets in a brand-new, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Even in the age of drones and precision warfare there are still occasional calls to bring the heavily manned, imprecise Iowa class back to service. In the early 1980s, ...

Jason Robbins, left, aJason Robbins, left, a Maintenance Tech 3, and Terry Kuhn, right, the ship's Maintenance Director of 33 years, work on replacing steel panels in the Admiral's Cabin on board the ...

Q: My family is interested in visiting the USS North Carolina in Wilmington. What is the history of the ship? How much is admission and what are the hours it’s open? — M.B. Answer: The USS North ...

The Battleship North Carolina ranked 5th in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for best museum ship. Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts, secured the top spot in the voting. The USA ...

At first glance, Ingo Bauernfeind’s book on American battleships appears to join the great works by Siegfried Breyer and Garze and Dulin, but this new volume from Casemate offers both more and less.