Convinced that the USS Texas' long-term survival relies on getting it out of the water, the historic battleship's advocates are poised to launch a $75 million campaign to place it in dry dock. First, ...

The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest ever built, carried the 18.1-inch Type 94 naval gun, the biggest gun in world ...

Key Points and Summary – This piece explores a great naval “what if”: a gun duel between America’s never-built Montana-class ...

In mid-1945 the U.S. (USN) had an unusual, and unexpected, problem. With the naval war well in hand, the USN had plenty of battleships Navyand little use for them. Had the United States eventually ...

A battleship gun barrel used by the Navy in World War II that seemed destined for the scrapyard will soon get a second life. Coast Defense Study Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving ...

After years of fundraising to save a historic World War II battleship gun barrel that seemed destined for a scrapyard, a nonprofit organization will finally give it a permanent home at Fort Story ...

In a Pasadena warehouse, roughly 20 miles south of the Battleship Texas’ berth at the San Jacinto State Historic Site, a group of seven volunteers is hard at work restoring the historic ship’s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The British Admiralty appears to have kicked off the idea with its extraordinary response to reports of the Kaiser’s new U139-class subs, which packed 5.9-inch guns.

A battleship gun barrel used by the Navy in WWII that seemed destined for the scrapyard will get a second life in Virginia Beach. A nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving U.S. defense ...