Wikimedia Commons The Final Bombardment of Japan by USS Massachusett On August 9, 1945, USS Massachusetts fired the final ...

Wikimedia Commons/Edward Steichen The December 1943 Bombardment of Nauru by USS North Carolina On December 8, 1943, the USS ...

The year 1945 remade the world. The spring witnessed the firebombing of Japanese and German cities. President Franklin D.

June 1944 marked a defining moment in World War 2, with two crucial operations taking place simultaneously. While the US military was engaging in the vital Overlord operation in France, the US Navy, ...

Fumi Takahashi was 15 years old when she experienced the U.S. aerial bombing of the Yokosuka military port in Kanagawa ...

After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...

However, a brilliant young engineer in Germany looked to take away control of the bomb from fate and give Germany a weapon of great power and unprecedented precision all the while keeping the valuable ...

Arguably the Wilmington area's most popular tourist attraction that's not a beach, the Battleship has views of the area like few other places.

The Battleship New Jersey, a historic museum ship docked in Camden, New Jersey, offers a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors — the chance to fire the ship’s 5-inch or 40mm saluting guns.

The wreckage of the USS Nevada, a battleship that survived World War I, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the atomic bomb tests, was found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

One of those veterans is here in Wilmington, and he celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday at the USS Battleship North Carolina. “She fought in all the major battles in the Pacific, had a spectacular ...

Battleship Texas is hosting tours in May and June based around the ship's role in helping Allied soldiers in the Normandy invasion during World War II.