While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

The U.S. Navy once considered a radical and powerful warship concept: the “battlecarrier,” a hybrid of a battleship and an ...

Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these ...

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 ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Battleship and Gun of the Future ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 97 No. 23 (December 1907), p. 406 doi:10.1038 ...

The Battleship New Jersey, a historic museum ship docked in Camden, New Jersey, offers a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors — the chance to fire the ship’s 5-inch or 40mm saluting guns.

Two of the original Battleship New Jersey guns that helped fight World War II and the Korean War rest in a Virginia field. South Jersey Sports Varsity Living Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

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 ...

A 16-inch caliber, 68-foot-long gun that was once mounted on the battleship USS Missouri was hauled from the U.S. Navy Weapons Station in Hawthorne, Nev. to a parking area near Rodeo Lagoon where ...

This restored 120-ton gun barrel, used on the USS Iowa battleship, will be placed on display next to the old Cape Henry Lighthouse in Virginia Beach.

The background shows: FILE--The U.S.S. Texas battleship fires shells from its 14-inch guns toward Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day June 6, 1944, in this color film strip.