The Montana-class represents the U.S. Navy battleships that never sailed. Authorized in 1940 as America’s answer to Japan’s ...
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.
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 ...
If you like warships then you will have a fondness for battleships. It’s impossible not to. Their size, their lines, their ...
In principle, I am all for fitting out a modern-day descendant of Iowa-class dreadnoughts. Whether doing so is practical is another question.
On the way from Iowa City to Madison are markers of beer’s past and vibrant present and the role football plays in holding it ...
Boston University opens its 2025-26 campaign this weekend after a strong 2024-25 season that included the program's sixth Hockey East championship. The Terriers captured a 3-2 overtime win over ...
American battleships were a symbol of naval power for decades but became obsolete with the rise of missiles and other ...
The US President announced the possibility of returning the Navy to the concept of battleships equipped with heavy artillery. He said this in a speech to the US Department of War. “I think we should ...