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From Tokyo Bay to the Persian Gulf – USS Missouri Was There – The United States of America officially may have entered the Second World War...
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From Tokyo Bay to the Persian Gulf – USS Missouri Was There – The United States of America officially may have entered the Second World War...
The USS Illinois – A Missed Opportunity? – As the clouds of war appeared on the horizon in the late 1930s, the United States...
The Iowa-class battleships consisted of six planned fast battleships. The U.S. Navy ordered the Iowa-class to be built in 1939 and 1940 – just...
All the battleships to see service in the United States Navy during the Second World War were crewed by men who went well above...
The battleship USS Wisconsin, later known to its shipmates as the “Wisky,” lived through a day of bad luck in 1956. Sailors who had...
Battlecarrier would have certainly been historic: The U.S. Navy often showcased its Iowa-class battleships, and these went in and out of service depending on the...
The day of the battleship has long passed. However, even as these warships were in decline, there was one class of battleship that clearly...
Could the U.S. Navy’s best battleship, the Iowa-class, actually fire nuclear-tipped shells? – With the Korean War in full swing in the early 1950s,...
Of all the topics I’ve written about thus far in my fledgling career as a Contributing Editor for 19FortyFive, this one is going to...
The USS Iowa can for sure stake a claim as the most historic and mighty battleship to ever sail for many reasons. Longevity would...