The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era ...

On the morning of April 7, 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, behemoth of naval engineering and pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy, sortied on what was essentially a suicidal mission. Operation ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Seaforth / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2024. Pp. 224. Illus., diagr., tables, sources, biblio., index. $ 60.00. ISBN:1399059963 Mounting Britain’s ...

The USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf. It's now ...

The genesis of the Dreadnought-class battleship was rooted in the naval arms race between the major European powers, notably between the old British Empire and Germany. The legendary British Admiral ...

By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. What’s old is new again. The possibility of resurrecting battleships as a potent symbol of naval power is back as a popular topic of discussion in […] ...

The United States Navy doesn't use battleships anymore. The last battleships built by the Navy were those of the Iowa class. These gigantic vessels' similarly gigantic guns have been silent since 1991 ...

During the lead-up to the United States' entry into World War II, the U.S. Navy ordered six new battleships that were designed to combat Japan's Kongō-class battleships. Ultimately, only four of the ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...