Launched in 1919, Japan’s battleship Nagato was a floating fortress, eight 16-inch guns, 32,000 tons of steel, and Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship at Pearl Harbor. She survived Midway, Leyte Gulf, and ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...