The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build ...

Trump claimed the battleships will be more than 100 times more powerful than the recent Iowa-class ships, while explaining ...

The Navy plans to bring back its heavily armed class of warship known as battleships, and it will arm them with the most ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the ...

Eighteen is the legal age today, but during World War II, 21 was the legal age. At that time 18-year-olds didn't vote, but they served their country during the war with valor and accepted ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...

What You Need to Know: During the final months of World War II, U.S. Navy battleships bombarded Japanese targets, contributing alongside Army bombers to Japan’s devastation. Post-war, most battleships ...

President Donald Trump announced the construction of two new "Trump-class" battleships that would be the first in a "Golden Fleet" of Navy ships, in the latest instance of Trump naming things after ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most ...

The 'Trump Class' of ships, he said, will be longer and larger than the World War II-era battleships and will be armed with ...