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The USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the four legendary Iowa-class battleships, is an icon of American naval might. -Many experts ...
Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However ...
Sailors with the USS Oscar Austin were awarded Combat Action Ribbons for providing air and missile defense during deployments ...
Needless to say, these ships made little to no impact in any combat they encountered. None was afloat after the '50s. [Featured image by Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons ...
The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.
Several British battleships, along with multiple French, Austro-Hungarian, and Greek vessels, and one German battleship were lost in combat during the First World War.
One iconic battleship, Dreadnought VII of the Royal Navy, was created in 1906, a 20,730 ton metal brute of a steam age vessel. During the era, such ships began to define themselves as the biggest ...
According to an official naval historian, a battleship could be (kind of) ready for combat in as little as 60 days. Just remember to temper your expectations of an 80-year-old warship. 60 Days to ...
Fourth, appeal to Congress to amend public law, which currently prohibits U.S.-homeported ships from undergoing maintenance in foreign shipyards except for mid-deployment voyage repairs or to ...
A group of Freedom-class littoral combat ships tied up at port in Jacksonville, Fla. Eight of the 10 based there were slated for retirement, but the Navy reversed itself on four of them.
USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile on July 19, 2016. US Navy photo.
Four of the Littoral Combat Ships slated to be retired have been commissioned since 2019, but the Navy says it’s cheaper to mothball them.