World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

From the 1890s through the World War II, battleships ruled the waves. These steel leviathans projected naval power across all the world's seas, clashing with other ships or bombarding enemy forces ...

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century, ...

Though battleships saw extensive and meritorious service in World War II, the conflict exposed their weaknesses against the rising power of the aircraft carrier. For the first half of the 20th century ...

Explore the Battleship North Carolina, the most decorated American battleship of World War II, now a museum in Wilmington.

Aboard the Battleship New Jersey, surrounded by friends, family and the ship’s important legacy, John “Johnny Q” Quinesso Sr. marked a milestone: his 100th birthday. The World War II Navy veteran and ...

There are only two confirmed and one alleged incidents of warships being targeted and sunk by submarine-fired torpedoes and ...