The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire ...
If you like warships then you will have a fondness for battleships. It’s impossible not to. Their size, their lines, their ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Great Iowa-Class Battleship Reboot

Key Points and Summary – Between 1982 and 1992, the U.S. Navy resurrected its four Iowa-class battleships, turning WWII gun platforms into multi-role missile warships. -Upgrades added 16 Tomahawk ...
The Battleship New Jersey became a floating shooting range as dozens of competitors fired at clay targets soaring over the Delaware River last week. Shot after shot rang out from the deck of the ...