The USS Kentucky (BB-66), a battleship that was never completed, represents a pivotal moment in US naval history. -Initially ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

Iowa-Class Battleships: Giants of the Sea That Shaped Histor One of the most iconic vessels in the history of naval warfare is the battleship. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th ...

The mighty Iowa Class Battleships are known for their heavy armor, yet their bank vault-like conning towers were possibly the most blatant example of how over-engineered these vessels were so that ...

would be taller than the Transamerica pyramid -- was the lead ship of the mighty Iowa Class of battleships that included the Missouri, and it saw heavy action in the Pacific in World War II.

But what if some of those ships could include World War II-era Iowa-class battleships? It's not impossible. USS Iowa launching Tomahawk cruise missile. Each refurbished Iowa-class ship had 32 ...

Like her three Iowa-class sister ships, the New Jersey is now a museum ship. Visitors can explore vast sections of this warship, from the conning tower to the engine room. On my recent 10,000-mile ...

Two refit Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach, a Spruance Class destroyer and what looks like a pair of Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser ...

When the United States and its allies entered World War II, the Iowa-class battleship quickly proved its worth on the world's oceans. Typically, battleships would accompany Essex-class aircraft ...

In terms of secondary armament, the Iowa-class battleships packed two 5-inch (127mm) Mark 12 guns in enclosed base ring mounts along the starboard and port sides of the warship. These guns were ...