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

Convinced that the USS Texas' long-term survival relies on getting it out of the water, the historic battleship's advocates are poised to launch a $75 million campaign to place it in dry dock. First, ...

In mid-1945 the U.S. (USN) had an unusual, and unexpected, problem. With the naval war well in hand, the USN had plenty of battleships Navyand little use for them. Had the United States eventually ...

The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest ever built, carried the 18.1-inch Type 94 naval gun, the biggest gun in world ...

A battleship gun barrel used by the Navy in World War II that seemed destined for the scrapyard will soon get a second life. Coast Defense Study Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving ...

In a Pasadena warehouse, roughly 20 miles south of the Battleship Texas’ berth at the San Jacinto State Historic Site, a group of seven volunteers is hard at work restoring the historic ship’s ...

The iconic Battleship Texas is undergoing a $75 million restoration in Galveston, featuring welding, carpentry, painting, and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Good thing this gun was just a prototype. During the early years of the Cold War, American and Soviet strategic thinking firmly believed that the opening hours of the ...

At point blank range in the dead of night, the American battleship USS Washington unleashed her main battery on the Japanese ...

The Battleship Texas Foundation said major strides have been made in restoring the 111-year-old historic dreadnought, with ...