Many experts wrote off the battleship before 1991—but that year, they proved key to ensuring America’s decisive, rapid victory over Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army. Decommissioned in the 1950s as nuclear ...

The Battleship North Carolina has a Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher plane on display that was not originally part of the ship's WWII service. This Kingfisher crashed in Canada in 1942, was recovered in 1964, ...

In principle, I am all for fitting out a modern-day descendant of Iowa-class dreadnoughts. Whether doing so is practical is another question. But chronological age does matter. Those were hard ships ...

-President Trump’s Quantico riff about bringing battleships back lit up the “Big Gun” crowd—but sentiment runs headlong into modern war. -Iowa-class museum ships aren’t ready for combat, their 16-inch ...

Key Points and Summary - The USS Texas (BB-35), a century-old dreadnought battleship, served with distinction in both World Wars. A technological pioneer for the U.S. Navy, she provided critical ...