The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

The USS Texas (BB-35), a century-old dreadnought battleship, served with distinction in both World Wars. A technological ...

USA Today's 10Best.com named Battleship Cove the best museum ship in the country. Battleship Cove in Fall River has the world's largest collection of historical naval vessels. Originally a warship, ...

The naval legacy of the Beehive State will continue to live on in the USS Utah, a fast-attack submarine set to be christened ...

Monday marks 250 years since the United State Navy was established and the Battleship North Carolina hosted a special flag ...

Eleven members of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps raised 125 American Flags aboard the Battleship North Carolina on ...

In principle, I am all for fitting out a modern-day descendant of Iowa-class dreadnoughts. Whether doing so is practical is another question.

The Battleship New Jersey is headed for a “once in a generation” refresh. The “Big J” has been displayed in New Jersey for over three decades and needs work. The work includes “repainting, or as they ...

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Navy this year, historians shared its past with community members.