The Alaska-class cruisers were a fascinating and unique chapter in the history of naval warfare. Conceived during a time of ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals ...

When it entered World War II, the U.S. Navy had seven large aircraft carriers and one escort carrier; by the end of the war, it had 28 large carriers and 71 escort carriers. In 1940, the United States ...

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

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