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 ...

The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire ...

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.

In a further sign that none of the Iowa-class battleships will ever return to service, the latest U.S. Navy vessel named for the Hawkeye State was officially commissioned into service at a ceremony on ...

Dozens of World War II ships now live on as floating museums — a reminder of the nation’s sacrifice and tenacity during a time of turmoil. But salvaging and preserving the monuments for posterity is ...

It's anchors aweigh today for the USS Iowa, nearly six years after construction began. The new Virginia class submarine officially commissioned at a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut. Among the speakers ...

Virginia-class submarines are bigger, faster, quieter, and have more endurance and firepower than Los Angeles class they ...