In 1940, Japan’s Imperial Navy launched the Yamato and the Musashi—the largest battleships ever built. These massive vessels ...
The USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf. It's now ...
By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. What’s old is new again. The possibility of resurrecting battleships as a potent symbol of naval power is back as a popular topic of discussion in […] ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war," so says an inscription on the World War Two Memorial in Washington, referring to the ...
When Navy’s No. 1 airman, Rear Admiral John H. Towers, head of BuAer (Bureau of Aeronautics), was last week made a vice admiral it was a promotion for Admiral Towers but a demotion for the Navy’s air ...