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The Iowa-Class Battleship Will Never Leave Museum Duty: Back in August of 2025, I toured the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California. Going...
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The Iowa-Class Battleship Will Never Leave Museum Duty: Back in August of 2025, I toured the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California. Going...
The U.S. is currently in a military conflict with Iran, but this is not the first time that has happened. And, in fact, this...
The U.S. Navy sank five of its own ships in a single battle — by accident. This is one of those stories from World...
The USS Oriskany Tragedy: How a Mishandled Flare Killed 44 Sailors The USS Oriskany fire of October 26, 1966, remains one of the deadliest...
Key Points and Summary: The Forrestal-class carriers were the first true “supercarriers,” purpose-built to handle the heavy jets of the Cold War era. The...
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates were a mainstay of the Cold War and nearly a naval legend. Part of the then-Chief of Naval Operations...
Key Points: In February 2009, two NATO submarines, the UK’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant, collided in the Eastern Atlantic, putting nuclear weapons...
Tirpitz was indeed a sister ship to the Bismarck. Named for Imperial German Großadmiral (“Grand Admiral”) Alfred von Tirpitz, (1849-1930), she was laid down...
The Russian Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier The Admiral of the Soviet Fleet Kuznetsov was once seen with significant pride within the Kremlin, even if...
Even before the start of the war, the Russian Navy had been in a steep decline for years, and it was in April that...