The USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as "Big J," is arguably the greatest battleship ever, renowned for her impressive combat ...

The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships, played a pivotal role in WWII, ...

If, of two such fleets, one were made up of four 20,000-ton battleships, each carrying eight 12- inch guns, the whole line would be about 2,100 yards in length; and if the other fleet consisted of ...

In the 1980s, the U.S. considered converting four Iowa-class battleships into "battlecarriers," blending battleship firepower ...

One of Nevada’s most heralded World War II veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor more than 80 years ago and saw ...

The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during ...

On the recommendation of the general board of the navy the board on construction has requested the Bureau of Construction and Repair to draw plans for a battleship ... turret guns of not less ...

The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship, but ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

In our Veterans Voices segments we hear many stories of how our men and women served our country. 28/22 News spoke to one ...