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Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
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Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
Key Points and Summary – The Montana-class was meant to be the U.S. Navy’s ultimate battleship: larger than the Iowa-class, slower but far better...
Key Points and Summary – Britain’s HMS Vanguard was the Royal Navy’s last and most advanced battleship, a one-off Vanguard-class dreadnought laid down in...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s South Dakota-class battleships never achieved the fame of the Iowa-class, but treaty-limited or not, they were...
Article Summary – The Iowa-class battleships were the high point of American battleship design, and USS Missouri—“Big Mo”—is their most famous representative. -Commissioned in...
The first Zumwalt-Class destroyer (DDG-1000) was commissioned in 2016, the second (DDG-1001) was commissioned in 2019 and the third in class will follow suit...
Summary and Key Points: The Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship after Japan’s Midway losses, became the largest carrier built in...
The United States Navy’s South Dakota-class battleships are not as widely known as the Iowa-class, but they laid the foundation for more effective naval...
Key Points and Summary: America’s eight preserved battleship museums offer visitors a chance to connect with naval history. From the USS Texas, a World...
Key Points: The USS Texas (BB-35), a storied World War I and II battleship, recently underwent a $60 million refurbishment, preserving her legacy as...