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These are the last remaining US battleships, now serving as floating museums after modern warfare made them obsolete
But as military technology and weaponry advanced, battleships became obsolete. Battleships were the…
Lauren Frias
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USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago…
Benjamin Brimelow
Video of Russian battleship explosion shows a much-needed win for Ukraine
Ukraine says it sank a Russian naval ship in the Black Sea with cheap sea drones. The country repor…
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Ukrainian navy chief says sea drone strikes have rendered Russia's Black Sea Fleet HQ in occupied Crimea effectively useless
The Sevastopol base was the site of numerous key functions for the Black Sea Fleet, including train…
Cameron Manley
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D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and possibly the last due to smaller militari…
Michael Peck
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Last-of-its-kind battleship USS Texas returns to the water after months of work to restore the warship to its former glory
The last of the dreadnoughts fought in both World Wars and has been undergoing extensive restoratio…
Chris Panella
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A US Navy battleship all but sunk at Pearl Harbor was brought back to life to battle the Germans on D-Day. The military later blasted it with a nuclear bomb.
The atomic testing severely damaged USS Nevada and left the famous ship radioactive. It was eventua…
Jake Epstein
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A first-of-its-kind bomber test 20 years before World War II spelled the beginning of the end of the battleship era
In July 1921, the US military got a glimpse of the tactics that would transform naval warfare over …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The last survivor of the USS Arizona died at 102 — more than 80 years after Pearl Harbor attack
Lou Conter was one of only 93 men on board the USS Arizona to survive its bombing in Japan's attack…
Erin Snodgrass
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A last-of-its-kind battleship that fought in both world wars is on the move for the first time in over 30 years for repairs
USS Texas fought in World War I and II, engaging German U-boats and supporting the D-Day invasion, …
Charles R. Davis
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The Nazis built their 2 most powerful warships before World War II. Here's how the British hunted them down.
Bismarck and Tirpitz were Nazi Germany's most imposing warships, and the Allies hunted them across …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US and China are looking into big boxes full of missiles to give their navies new firepower
The massive expenditure of munitions in Ukraine has underscored for many military leaders that huge…
Michael Peck
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The only US sub to sink an enemy battleship during WWII made recordings of the attack that you can still listen to
In November 1944, USS Sealion became the only allied sub to sink an enemy battleship during the war…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis' best weapon
The battleship Bismarck was the German navy's crown jewel, but its sinking in May 1941 convinced Hi…
Benjamin Brimelow
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US battleships fired their guns for the last time 30 years ago. Here's how they dominated the seas for nearly a century.
Aircraft carriers are now the centerpiece of the Navy fleet, but for nearly a century, battleships …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Army's 'concrete battleship' in the Philippines saw some of World War II's fiercest fighting
Fort Drum, located at the entrance of Manila Bay, was known as a "concrete battleship," and for fiv…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Israel wants Palestinians to rise up against Hamas. One who did says that's now impossible.
Rami Aman was tortured by Hamas for speaking with Israelis. He told Insider the group only grows st…
Charles R. Davis
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Why the biggest battle in naval history was also the last hurrah for the battleship
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a crushing defeat for the Japanese navy, but it was also the last clas…
Benjamin Brimelow
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South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles
The US Navy gave up on building an arsenal ship in the 1990s. For South Korea, the idea of a "Joint…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Why the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered cruisers spooked the US into bringing back its battleships
With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no Russian warships are as i…