Key Points and Summary - We offer a 'tour' of the eight U.S. battleships preserved as floating museums, many of which are being rebuilt and repaired. -The list is dominated by the four iconic ...
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, ...
During the lead-up to the United States' entry into World War II, the U.S. Navy ordered six new battleships that were designed to combat Japan's Kongō-class battleships. Ultimately, only four of the ...
The Iowa class of battleships consists of a quartet of formidable ships: The USS Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and the namesake Iowa. Conceptually, they were intended as the perfect battleship, ...