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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...
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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....
It has been common practice in recent years for U.S. Navy sailors who served on the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) to have their ashes scattered over the...
Designed to intercept fast capital ships yet still capable of serving in a traditional battle alongside other U.S. Navy warships, the Iowa-class battleship successfully...
Building a warship has always been a costly endeavor – but until the advent of the aircraft carrier, the most costly warships were battleships....
Throughout much of the inter-war era, the United States Navy was in essence reined in by restrictions placed on it due to a series...
Fearing a potential war with Fascist Italy, the French Third Republic responded to the Italian Navy’s (Regia Marina’s) Littorio-class of battleships with its own...
Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese soldiers invaded the Philippines. Within days, Japanese soldiers were landing on beaches in...
Since her decommissioning in 1948, USS Texas (BB-35) has been preserved as a museum ship – and today she is officially the flagship of...
Even after the USS Missouri (BB-63) was officially decommissioned in 1992, the “battleship retirement debate” continued – with some military pundits arguing that the...