NOTE: This video is from Battleship Wisconsin’s 80th anniversary. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), one of the last and largest battleships in U.S. history, prepares to turn 81 ...

In principle, I am all for fitting out a modern-day descendant of Iowa-class dreadnoughts. Whether doing so is practical is another question.

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Get ready for a night of fun on the Battleship Wisconsin this Saturday. The live concert event Fins on the Fantail is set to return to the Wisconsin from 4:30-8:30 p.m. on ...

If you like warships then you will have a fondness for battleships. It’s impossible not to. Their size, their lines, their ...

Nauticus will host a Navy 250 celebration in downtown Norfolk on Saturday with free entry for service members and discounted ...

HAMPTON ROADS, VA - New @ Nauticus is our weekly look at what's happening at the Norfolk waterfront presented by Nauticus, a maritime discovery center located in Downtown Norfolk. Nauticus offers a ...

The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s rapid shift from big-gun battles to carrier-led warfare. -As Coral Sea and Midway proved ...