The U.S. Navy was the only power whose battleships ever fired their guns in anger after 1945, but the role those warships played in World War II simply can’t be overstated.

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship. Jon Guttman. Fri, ... Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S.

The war was over. Japan had surrendered on August 15. There was no need for any more violence in the Pacific Ocean. But on August 21, a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was ...

The Battleship South Dakota Memorial Foundation board is inviting the public to celebrate the first USS South Dakota Day of Honor this weekend at Battleship South Dakota Memorial. The celebration ...

A Chinese junk and an World War I-era U.S. Navy armored cruiser in Chinese waters. (Naval History and Heritage Command) Swentzel and Pittman spotted another junk in the distance on the morning of ...

The escort may have taken a hit or two from a Japanese battleship, but its main event was a one-on-one duel with the battleship Kongo until 9 a.m., when the latter struck it with two or three 14 ...