A major constraint on the Iowa-class design was an “escalator clause” in the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, which raised the maximum allowable displacement of battleships from 35,000 tons to ...

There are a lot of veterans, especially older ones, who might spend the holidays alone or with little social activity. With that in mind, Elks Lodge 1896 in North Wildwood continued what has become a ...

Following a major $10 million dry dock refurbishment, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62)—the most decorated warship in U.S ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Sometimes Navy sailors and their families just need a place to recharge. The nonprofit United Service Organizations (USO) has ...

Raised in New Jersey, Fred Eckert was 14 when he got his first jobworking alongside migrant farm workers. With the Vietnam ...

USS New Jersey (BB-62), the most decorated battleship in U.S. history, stepped back into the same Philadelphia dry dock where she was finished in 1943 for a major 2024 overhaul. -Over 12 weeks, ...

U.S. Navy Capt. Vince Libasci during USS Arlington change-of-command ceremony (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Bret Whorton) Arlington’s namesake U.S. Navy ship has a new commanding officer. Navy Capt.

The USS Cobia submarine recently had its hull number, 245, restored for the first time since 1996. Hull numbers were previously removed to reflect the submarine's mid-1945 appearance when numbers were ...

HOLMDEL -- Gov. Phil Murphy marked Veterans Day by issuing pardons for 11 New Jersey veterans, saying "actions taken during a person’s hardest chapter should not define them, especially for those who ...

BEHIND A NEW MONUMENT HONORING VIETNAM VETERANS. VETERANS DAY IS A TRADITION IN MILFORD, BUT THIS YEAR’S OBSERVATION WAS MADE ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL WITH THE UNVEILING OF A NEW MEMORIAL FOR VIETNAM ...