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Key Points: The idea of reactivating the Iowa-class battleships—notably the USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin—is often debated, but the...
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Key Points: The idea of reactivating the Iowa-class battleships—notably the USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin—is often debated, but the...
The USS Texas subsequently underwent a major reconstruction from 1925 to 1927, and the ship was reboilered with six Bureau-Express oil-fired units. Other improvements...
During WWII, the Vittorio Veneto served as the flagship of the Regia Marina’s Mediterranean Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Angelo Iachino (1889-1976).
It took approximately two years, eight months to build each of the four completed Iowa-class battleships. Though some 2,800 men would serve on each of...
“A capital ship for an ocean trip/Was ‘The Walloping Window Blind’/No gale that blew dismayed her crew/Or troubled the captain’s mind … And the...
The Iowa-Class battleships are clearly the best warships ever to be built – at least when it comes to battleships. And while bigger warships...
The U.S. Navy’s very last class of battleships, the Iowa-class, was indeed historic, with many experts claiming they could be brought back out of...
Critics of the move worried at the time that the large battleships were vulnerable, easy targets for Russia — concerns that would be even...
Meet the Montana-Class: Of all the battleships that served in the illustrious history of the U.S. Navy, the Iowa-class battleships are undoubtedly the most...
Could the idea of a giant warship that is heavily armed, like a 21st-century battleship, make a comeback?