The U.S. Navy’s battleships have long been symbols of naval power and versatility, each with a unique and storied history.

The USS Iowa has served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage ...

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...

Both Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the intense ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The mast of the Battleship Oregon is a popular landmark on the waterfront, but it has fallen into disrepair. Volunteers who look after the mast told KOIN 6 News when they ...

Milton Bradley (since acquired by Hasbro) launched a version of the game in the 1960s — ‘Battleship’ — with plastic pegs that ...

After more than a year of uncertainty, Battleship Texas will now be moored at Pier 15 in Galveston. The decision to move the USS Texas — the last remaining World War I dreadnought battleship ...

the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen offensives in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Battleship North Carolina is a decommissioned World War II warship, permanently moored as a memorial and state historic site on the Cape Fear River at Wilmington. The Battleship commemorates the ...

“Nevada returned to combat during the Attu landings in May 1943.” Once the war ended, the ragged ship “was assigned to serve as a target during the July 1946 atomic bomb tests at ...