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The Iowa-class Aircraft Carrier – It Almost Happened Twice: During the Second World War, construction was halted on the final two of the planned...
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The Iowa-class Aircraft Carrier – It Almost Happened Twice: During the Second World War, construction was halted on the final two of the planned...
Battleship Iowa to Become First National Museum of the Surface Navy? USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead vessel of the United States Navy’s final...
Battleship Montana: The Super Battleships Never Built – In September 2020, the future Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) was christened in a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)...
Shin’yō, a 3 Minute History: Due to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, limits were placed on the number of capital warships that the...
The USS Washington (BB-47) was the second U.S. Navy warship to be named in honor of the 42nd state, and in a strange twist...
Despite being de facto “allies” in the years leading up the First World War, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy distrusted each other. The...
Naming conventions in the U.S. Navy can’t always be explained. Aircraft carriers are now named for past U.S. presidents or those who played an...
The U.S. Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships were among the largest and most powerful vessels built during the Second World War, and each played a...
Albeit not as famous as the USS Arizona or USS Missouri, the USS Indiana (BB-1) has the notable distinction of being the United States...
Known as the “Big J” or “Black Dragon,” USS New Jersey (BB-62) has the distinction of being one of the most decorated battleships to have served in the U.S....