Following the sinking of hms Hood in May 1941, the Royal Navy launched one of the largest naval hunts in history. The German ...

Following a major $10 million dry dock refurbishment, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62)—the most decorated warship in U.S ...

A major constraint on the Iowa-class design was an “escalator clause” in the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, which raised the maximum allowable displacement of battleships from 35,000 tons to ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Before dawn on 7 December 1941, the American strategic center of gravity in the Pacific reposed in the seven battleships then moored along "Battleship Row", the six pairs of interrupted quays located ...

Riding a battleship isn't an everyday experience, so when a family member messaged me in early March about a chance to ride one into dry dock, I thought he was joking. I was already aware of the USS ...

LA PORTE, Texas — Battleship Texas has a storied history as the last surviving battleship to serve in both World Wars, a source of pride for those who love it most. "Battleship Texas is one of the ...

On Thursday, stewards of the museum ship invited media inside Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair’s Galveston shipyard for a ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The mythology of the battleship age often understates how active many of the ships were. The age of the steel line-of-battleship really began in the 1880s, with the ...

The iconic Battleship Texas is undergoing a $75 million restoration in Galveston, featuring welding, carpentry, painting, and ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The new leader of one of Mobile’s landmark attractions says he’s ready to bring World War II history to the next generation. Officials at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park ...