Yet there’s good reason why the Defiant, when it’s laid down in 2030, will be the first new American battleship in more than ...

President Trump recently announced the return of battleships to the United States Navy fleet. This new Trump class battleship ...

The ship will displace more than 35,000 tons and be capable of speeds exceeding 30 knots, according to the Navy. The ...

In 1950 the USS Missouri drove high onto a sandbank outside Norfolk, and brute force alone was never going to be enough. This breaks down the lightering, dredging, pontoons, tug choreography, and ...

The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the world — and the most heavily armed warships built by the US since World War II, according to publicly released specs and an ...

They will have 100 times the force, the power [of earlier warships], and there’s never been anything like these ships,” Trump ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build ...

Eighty years ago, a Dawson, Minnesota, man was aboard the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered and signed a peace treaty, essentially marking the end of World War II. "I tell you, I joined the Navy ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Island News) — On Veterans Day, the decks of the USS Missouri became a place of remembrance and gratitude. Families, veterans, and active service members gathered for a special ...

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The Iowa class of battleships consists of a quartet of formidable ships: The USS Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and the namesake Iowa. Conceptually, they were intended as the perfect battleship, ...

In November 1944, the massive Japanese carrier Shinano departed Yokosuka on her maiden voyage, escorted by three destroyers. Unfinished, undercrewed, and carrying aircraft as cargo—not for combat—she ...