Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

The 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, featured on Iowa-class battleships, became one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful and iconic ...

Large, slow, well-armored battleships would engage enemy battleships in set-piece battles, while large, fast, poorly armored cruisers would raid and disrupt enemy commerce.

In the early 1980s, four Iowa-class fast battleships originally built during World War II—Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin—were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty.

Now that the Battleship Texas has found a home at Galveston's Pier 15, the next step is dredging the area in front of its new slip, Battleship Texas Foundation CEO Tony Gregory said last week.

In the early 1980s, four Iowa-class fast battleships originally built during World War II—Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin—were taken out of mothballs and returned to active duty ...

The Navy was gradually getting the better of U-boats in the Atlantic. At the same time the first chill of autumn, bringing intermittent fogs, marked the opening of better weather for submarines.

The Last Generation of American Battleships 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 ...

Fast battleship Prior to the Iowa class, the US Navy generally favored heavily armored and gunned ships, with a slight sacrifice of speed.

The Destroyer Kennedy earned $4K in grants to keep it ship-shape, while a solemn event linked USS Mass sailors past, present ...

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