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 ...

Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleship became a legend in part because it was a triumph of industrial scale: millions of design hours, mountains of plans, and roughly 71,000 workers ...

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 ...

The USS Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in World War II, is now a museum and war memorial in Massachusetts.

The USS Illinois was authorized under the Two-Ocean Navy Act of July 19, 1940. This was a legislative attempt to bolster what was feared to be a flagging United States Navy in response to growing ...

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 mighty USS New Jersey, aka Big J, is docked in Camden, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Though resting quietly now, one of the largest, most powerful battleships in history ...

Synopsis: The radical proposal to transform Iowa-class battleships into “battlecarriers” remains one of the most provocative ...

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 ...