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.

Trials of the USS Ted Stevens, conducted by Huntington Ingalls Industries, showed that the ship met all mechanical, ...

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 ...

Playoff time is already here in Iowa high school football, and the opening-round matchups for small classifications are set.

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district has been indicted by a federal grand jury after authorities say ...

As the Iowa High School Athletic Association uses the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) to help determine its 16-team playoff field, including at-large qualifiers, the Cyclones’ RPI is 28th, well below ...

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

CLIP #1: In what conflicts did the Battleship New Jersey "fight?" CLIP #1: What does it mean that the Battleship New Jersey was an "Iowa-class battleship?" CLIP #2: What is the "moniker" of the ...

With Conquest of Paradise booming over the loud speaker, it feels like Last Night of the Proms. Our ship is setting sail and the crew stage a light show for us and the other 89 passengers as we embark ...

It won’t ply the waters of lakes Winnebago, Mendota, Michigan or even the frigid surface of Lake Superior. But a new naval boat under construction will bear Wisconsin’s name and unlike the previous ...

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