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 US Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were reactivated from reserve to play a ...

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

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 ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum ...

The first thing to note about “Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony” is what the book is not: It’s neither a historical account of the ill-fated Japanese warship Yamato nor a history ...

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 ...

See how Battleship Texas has been restored to its former WWII glory The ongoing mission for Battleship Texas is being ship-shape again.

The Battleship New Jersey has 19 campaign stars, with most awarded for the ship's service in the Pacific during World War II in the 1940s and the Korean War in the early 1950s.

In 1934 the Japanese begin designing The Yamato, the most powerful battleship in history.