The Russian battleship Oslyabya had a grand legacy. Named for a Russian hero, the vessel was little more than two years old when it went into battle against the Japanese in the Russian Far East. It ...

Touting large-caliber guns and torpedos, battleships carried intense firepower and heavy armor. With the advancement of military technology, the need for battleships dwindled. There are only eight US ...

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The newly painted and repaired USS New Jersey had quite the homecoming on Thursday afternoon. After nearly 12 weeks away from the Camden waterfront, the historic vessel ...

The USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf. It's now ...

Summary and Key Points: The Montana-class battleships were designed in the early 1940s to be the most powerful U.S. Navy battleships, with 12 16-inch guns and enhanced armor. Intended to counter Japan ...

After the dull weeks of winter, the U.S. Navy went forth on its spring maneuvers. The Pacific Fleet, known as the Black Fleet, under Admiral S. S. Robison, composed of 51 vessels, including most of ...

America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate ...

For three days last weekend, the brand new 35,000-ton German battleship Bismarck was mistress of the seas. Against seemingly heavy odds, she had blown to bits Britain’s largest warship, the 42,100-ton ...