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The day USS Missouri ran aground, why 13 tugs, anchors, and human error decided her fate
In 1950 the USS Missouri drove high onto a sandbank outside Norfolk, and brute force alone was never going to be enough. This breaks down the lightering, dredging, anchors, tug choreography, and human ...
Last week, President Trump, with his customary fanfare, unveiled plans for a new “Golden Fleet” of Trump-class battleships. “There’s never been anything like these ships,” the president declared as he ...
It was the first ship to visit the North Pole and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade. Nautilus is now an exhibit at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut. On January 17, ...
President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...
I never thought I would say this in the year 2025, but here it is: the United States is working on a brand-new battleship, the likes of which the seas of the world have not seen in countless decades.
The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri. At then-Camp McCoy, Wis., the thousands of ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nine states across the United States have already eliminated their state income tax. Now, Missouri lawmakers are laying the groundwork to make the Show Me State number ten with ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on Tuesday that China has filed a $50 billion lawsuit against the Show-Me State. Filed on behalf of the People’s Government ...
Approximately 3,000 Nimitz crew members are coming home after a nine-month global deployment. The ship will be performing maintenance at Naval Base Kitsap before a homeport shift to Naval Station ...
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group pulled into Guam’s Apra Harbor on Thursday, the ship’s first visit to the island since 2024. The Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by the ...
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