The guns are of the 5”/51 type, meaning they fire projectiles five inches in diameter and the barrel is 51 calibers, or just over 21 feet long. The U.S. Navy began using them in 1911, one year ...

Burton, “That gun in less than an hour expended something ... known ever after as the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship. Its memorable seaborne stand was acknowledged with a battle ...

Related: ‘Sky aglow with fire and death’: Pilot’s letter describes D-Day landing “Eisenhower had requested some battleships with big guns,” Ramsey said in an interview this week with ...

He was 19 when he joined the Graff Spee, first in the engine room and later in the guns' turrets. The battleship was sunk by its commander, Capt. Hans Langsdorff, in the River Plate 17 December ...

The “ Homeless Battleship ” may be close to finding a permanent long-term berth. This week, it was reported that officials in Galveston, Texas, are floating a plan to see the former USS Texas ...

About 35 large items--including torpedoes, mines, propellers, the sub-guns of the battleship Mutsu and the large testing equipment used when the Yamato was being built--will be displayed at the ...