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

Excited historians yesterday likened the discovery, if verified, to finding the Titanic, as they hailed the US billionaire for his hi-tech mission that apparently succeeded after many failed searches.

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

Unlike the battleship, few war machines have ever embodied national pride, technological ambition, and formidable capability. From the towering steel giants of the early 1900s to the sleek, ...

RICHMOND, Calif., May 26 (Reuters) - The battleship USS Iowa, which served the United States through victory and tragedy during six decades at sea, set off on its final voyage on Saturday, a trip to ...

Naval War College Review, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Winter 2013), pp. 56-76 (21 pages) Trent Hone, “U.S. Navy Surface Battle Doctrine and Victory in the Pacific,” Naval War College Review 62, no. 1 (Winter 2009 ...

A ceremony in observance of the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be held Sunday on the bow of the battleship USS Iowa, with multiple World War II veterans set to attend, ...

Robert Larson was an 18-year-old high school graduate with a horn when he joined the U.S. Navy on Nov. 22, 1942, to play in the band on ships. Larson was a Musician 2nd Class, assigned to the band on ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...