The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

What You Need to Know: The Montana-class battleships, authorized in 1941 but never built, were intended to be the last of their kind for the U.S. Navy. These massive ships would have been larger than ...

Key Points and Summary on Yamat0-Class Battleships - The Imperial Japanese Navy's WWII-era Yamato-class warships were the largest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, boasting ...

Touting large-caliber guns and torpedos, battleships carried intense firepower and heavy armor. With the advancement of military technology, the need for battleships dwindled. There are only eight US ...

Friends, readers, countrymen, lend me your ear: The time has come for me to explain the difference between a warship and a battleship. Earlier this week, a National Public Radio host asked if ...

When it comes to history, it's typically the most legendary ships that are highlighted. But at the other end of the spectrum, certain warships didn't exactly make the grade. Sometimes there were ...

This battleship saw extensive service in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of the Second World War. Among the legendary platforms involved in World War II were the battleships. Both the Axis and ...

A new video from the USS New Jersey Museum takes a look at what it would take to return the battleship to service. The four Iowa-class battleships have been reactivated three times since the end of ...