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 […] ...

American battleships were a symbol of naval power for decades but became obsolete with the rise of missiles and other ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --After 66 years of outdoor display on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on the verge ...

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 ...

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

Key Points and Summary on the Battlecarrier - The U.S. Navy once considered a radical and powerful warship concept: the "battlecarrier," a hybrid of a battleship and an aircraft carrier. -The plan, ...

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

The historian’s attention to detail was clear from the date range of his 744-page first volume, The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649. The intervening book, The Command of the ...

US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, gun-wielding ships that dominated naval fights for decades. Aircraft carriers, ...

US President Donald Trump suggested that he's considering bringing back US Navy battleships, vessels that were retired decades ago, long after the kind of naval combat they were built for had become a ...