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

The U.S. Navy's Iowa-class battleships played a huge role in many 20th-century conflicts. How big were they, exactly, and how ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

The Battleship Texas' freshly reinstalled 5"/51 deck guns (not seen here; these are the main guns) were deadly to aquatic or surface targets as far as 16,000 yards away.