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 ...

Between the 1880s and the end of World War II, the navies of the world built hundreds of “all-big-gun” battleships, including dreadnoughts and fast battleships. The massive seagoing behemoths evolved ...

The Iowa class of battleships consists of a quartet of formidable ships: The USS Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and the namesake Iowa. Conceptually, they were intended as the perfect battleship, ...

It fired the first US 16-inch shell of World War II, and the last 16-inch shell of the war overall. The battleship is now a museum where visitors can tour once top-secret areas. The USS Massachusetts ...