You Searched For "us navy battleships" and got 20 results
Sort By:
9 mins read
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
5 mins read
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
2 mins read
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
4 mins read
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
3 mins read
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
3 mins read
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
4 mins read
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
5 mins read
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
4 mins read
The British navy is teaming up with the US to build a new 'Dreadnought' for a totally different battle at sea
In addition to being the largest British subs ever, the Dreadnought class will be one of the most e…
Benjamin Brimelow
4 mins read
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…
Benjamin Brimelow
5 mins read
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
4 mins read
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
6 mins read
The US Navy's plan to ditch its cruisers will leave it out of a small and well-armed club
With the retirement of the last battleship two decades ago, cruisers are the US Navy's largest and …
Benjamin Brimelow
6 mins read
The Russian navy's biggest warships are becoming its biggest headaches
Russia's navy has had limited involvement in Ukraine, but Moscow's setbacks there may force it to r…
Benjamin Brimelow
4 mins read
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
2 mins read
Eerie photos reveal the deepest known shipwreck of a 'heroic' US destroyer sunk fighting the Japanese navy in World War Two
Explorers found the USS destroyer Samuel B. Roberts in the Philippine Sea. The ship was sunk by a J…
Bethany Dawson
5 mins read
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
5 mins read
The Navy is trying to get rid of its cruisers again, but it's heading for another fight over their fate
The US Navy says its cruisers are too old and too expensive, but Congress says they're too well arm…
Benjamin Brimelow
4 mins read
The US Navy's unluckiest ship almost killed a president, and things only got worse from there
Known to its crew as "Willie Dee," the destroyer was, with little doubt, the unluckiest ship in US …
Benjamin Brimelow
2 mins read
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, …