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 ...

The former lawmakers, students and others came together for the “Hoxie Forum: Congress, the President and the Balance of ...

San Pedro’s Sportswalk of Fame honored six recipients on Monday, Oct. 13, on board the Battleship Iowa Museum.

In 1997, USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” made history by sailing under her own power for the first time in over a century.

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 ...

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

The mass of Colorado fans spilled out of their seats and onto the field after a 24-17 victory over No. 22 Iowa State on Saturday. It was a sight that Buffaloes coach Deion ...

The last of the ships that some credit with winning World War II for the Allies has plowed through the waters of the Midwest, where people got a chance to visit it.

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

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