HMS King George V, the lead ship of the most modern British battleships commissioned during World War 2, was the pride of the ...

The U.S. Navy's Lexington-class battlecruisers were authorized in 1916 as America's answer to the global naval arms race.

By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. What’s old is new again. The possibility of resurrecting battleships as a potent symbol of naval power is back as a popular topic of discussion in […] ...

If you like warships then you will have a fondness for battleships. It’s impossible not to. Their size, their lines, their massive guns, all give the impression of immense power. You only need to ...

What You Need to Know: The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships, played a pivotal role in WWII, showcasing advanced firepower and speed. -Designed with ...

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 USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

American battleships were a symbol of naval power for decades but became obsolete with the rise of missiles and other ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. developed and adhered to a nuclear deterrence strategy that was dependent upon a nuclear triad. The nuclear triad comprised methods for deploying nuclear weapons from air ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

A microscopic model of Japan’s famed World War II battleship Yamato has gone on display at the Yamato Museum Satellite here.

Barnsley, Eng.: Seaforth / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2024. Pp. 224. Illus., diagr., tables, sources, biblio., index. $ 60.00. ISBN:1399059963 Mounting Britain’s ...