On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

Key Points and Summary - The Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were built as fast battleships to escort carrier task forces and overmatch enemy capital ships. -Drawing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, ...

Critics have rightly lambasted the Zumwalt-class destroyers as “ships without a mission,” plagued by technological overreach and operational irrelevance. Historically, battleships were defined as ...

For years, Washington talked about “deterrence” while quietly accepting decline. Presidents came and went, defense strategies were rebranded, and yet America’s shipyards rusted, our fleet aged, and ...