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. First, ...

In mid-1945 the U.S. (USN) had an unusual, and unexpected, problem. With the naval war well in hand, the USN had plenty of battleships Navyand little use for them. Had the United States eventually ...

Launched in 1919, Japan’s battleship Nagato was a floating fortress, eight 16-inch guns, 32,000 tons of steel, and Admiral ...

Texas’ favorite floating museum could be back in the water as soon as next month, but for now she’s packing a lot more firepower. Posted earlier this week, the Battleship Texas Foundation’s latest ...

US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, gun-wielding ships that dominated naval fights for decades. Aircraft carriers, ...

This year, the annual light display at the battleship Wisconsin and Nauticus museum in downtown Norfolk will be featured on ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” series.

Summary: The Montana-class battleships, authorized but never constructed, represented what could have been the pinnacle of U.S. naval power during World War II, eclipsed by the strategic shift towards ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Seaforth / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2024. Pp. 224. Illus., diagr., tables, sources, biblio., index. $ 60.00. ISBN:1399059963 Mounting Britain’s ...