A major constraint on the Iowa-class design was an “escalator clause” in the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, which raised the maximum allowable displacement of battleships from 35,000 tons to ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Francis Flaherty wasn't identified until decades after his selfless actions, and now has been buried in Charlotte.

His family learned of his death on Dec. 16, 1941. Within three weeks North End leaders arranged to have Mussolini Street ...

Wilmer visits with the President and Chief Executive Officer of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Michael Carr. The legendary Battleship USS Missouri, fondly nicknamed “The Mighty Mo”, saw action ...

PEARL HARBOR (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a month of work, the U.S. Navy successfully removed significant portions of two World War II-era mooring platforms from the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. The ...

The Maui Police Department is warning the public of recurring phone scams involving spoofed calls that falsely appear to originate from the MPD.

More than 10 US warships, including the country’s largest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, are bearing down on the Caribbean amid escalating tensions between President Trump and Venezuela. A Marine ...

Key Points and Summary - USS New Jersey (BB-62), the most decorated battleship in U.S. history, stepped back into the same Philadelphia dry dock where she was finished in 1943 for a major 2024 ...

U.S. Navy Capt. Vince Libasci during USS Arlington change-of-command ceremony (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Bret Whorton) Arlington’s namesake U.S. Navy ship has a new commanding officer. Navy Capt.

The next crewed mission to the International Space Station has launched from Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-28 mission, carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and a single NASA astronaut to the orbiting ...