Convinced that the USS Texas' long-term survival relies on getting it out of the water, the historic battleship's advocates are poised to launch a $75 million campaign to place it in dry dock. First, ...
National Security Journal on MSN
‘Armor Is No Force Field’: The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-Class Battleships Will Never Make A Comeback
After a day aboard USS Iowa, it’s easy to feel the pull of nostalgia—and the argument that a modernized Iowa-class could ...
Anyone who has driven through Pennsylvania likely knows that there are rarely “straight” and open roads. The geography of the Keystone State varies from a sea-level marine estuary to a mountainous ...
Megaprojects on MSN
Bismarck: Battleship That Challenged British Naval Supremacy
The German battleship Bismarck was built to challenge British naval supremacy during World War II, boasting heavy armor, ...
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 ...
The National Interest on MSN
Operation Desert Storm Was the Battleship’s Swan Song
Many experts wrote off the battleship before 1991—but that year, they proved key to ensuring America’s decisive, rapid victory over Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army.
One of Nevada’s most heralded World War II veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor more than 80 years ago and saw the battleship guns blazing against the shores of Normandy died Sunday at his ...
Barnsley, Eng.: Seaforth / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2024. Pp. 224. Illus., diagr., tables, sources, biblio., index. $ 60.00. ISBN:1399059963 Mounting Britain’s ...
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