What You Need to Know: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship, played a pivotal role in U.S. naval history, serving in World War II ... in 1941 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a microcosm ... cable and the ironclad USS Monitor during the Civil War. The Yard swelled to a peak ...