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

Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships are among the most iconic vessels in naval history, symbolizing the peak of battleship design and firepower. Laid down in 1940 to counter the ...

The Royal Navy’s first post–London Treaty battleships were the five ships of the King George V class, which served with honor in every theater of World War II.

What You Need to Know: The Montana-class battleships, planned but never built, were intended to surpass the Iowa-class in size and firepower during World War II. With longer length, heavier ...

The Montana-class would have been the largest battleships in the United States military fleet, had they actually been built during World War 2.

The Royal Navy’s first post–London Treaty battleships were the five ships of the King George V class, which served with honor in every theater of World War II.

The July 4th weekend made for a happy homecoming for the crew of the fast-attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) at its home ...

Aircraft carriers are now the centerpiece of the Navy fleet, but for nearly a century, battleships sailed into combat around the world.

President Donald Trump promised to increase the size of the U.S. Navy to 350 ships, which could prove to be a pricey task. But what if some of those ships could include World War II-era Iowa-class ...

The mighty Iowa Class Battleships are known for their heavy armor, yet their bank vault-like conning towers were possibly the most blatant example of how over-engineered these vessels were so that ...