World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now ...

The United States Navy is the most powerful in history. For decades, it has dominated the seas, and at the heart of that domination, at least through World War II, was the battleship. But today, the U ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

The image of a mighty battleship, its colossal guns trained on an unseen enemy, evokes a sense of raw power and historical ...