Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century ...

The world’s largest battleships are essentially floating monuments; an ode to an era when naval dominance was defined by sheer size, firepower, and resilience. Built primarily in the late 19th and ...

Joint Microsoft founder Paul Allen has been searching for the Musashi for eight years and finally announced the discovery via Twitter, according to the BBC. Allen (62) told the Washington Post he had ...

The age of the steel line-of-battleship really began in the 1880s, with the construction of a series of warships that could carry and independently aim heavy guns external to the hull. In 1905, HMS ...

Combat on the ground and in the air has changed dramatically, over the centuries. The earliest tanks and planes may seem laughably primitive today. The same goes, of course, for naval combat and the ...

NOTE: This video is from Battleship Wisconsin’s 80th anniversary. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), one of the last and largest battleships in U.S. history, prepares to turn 81 ...