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“There are no extraordinary men…just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.” – U.S. Navy Admiral William Bull Halsey These were...
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“There are no extraordinary men…just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.” – U.S. Navy Admiral William Bull Halsey These were...
We Visited the USS Iowa in Los Angeles and Photographed the Last Battleship Class the U.S. Navy Ever Built — These Are Our Original...
The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-Class Battleships Fought from WWII All the Way to the First Gulf War The Iowa-class battleships are some of the most...
Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s and 80s, the U.S. Navy considered converting Iowa-class battleships into “battlecarriers” equipped with flight decks for...
Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
The battleship is one of the oldest testaments to US Military might. These floating gun bases provided the kind of firepower that made the...
Two mock torpedo launches went smoothly. But upon the third firing command at 2:36 PM, a 24-foot-long Mark 15 torpedo lept from the Porter...
In my 9 months at 19FortyFive (whoa Nellie, where does the time go?), Yours Truly has penned several articles on battleships, including: (1) the...
What made the Iowa-Class Special: Those big 16-inch guns: During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched two of the largest...
Battleship Iowa CEO Has Received U.S. Navy’s Most Prestigious Civilian Award: Since 2012, the USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the United States...