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

With massive guns and stout armor, battleships were the centerpiece of any major navy for decades before World War II. The US Navy sent its battleships into combat from the 1890s until the Gulf War.

The Iowa-class battleships were designed in the late 1930s, and a lot has happened in the last eighty years. First, the ships must be highly automated. The ships originally sailed with crews of up ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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. Show Caption. Courtesy photo. 1 of 2.