Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with ...

Reactivating or building new Iowa-class battleships for the US Navy is an impractical notion. These World War II-era giants, despite a storied service history including shore bombardment with their 16 ...

A look back in history reveals how U.S. battleships played a key role in accommodating the long-range weapon system known as ...

Iowa-Class Battleships: Giants of the Sea That Shaped Histor One of the most iconic vessels in the history of naval warfare is the battleship. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th ...

The mighty Iowa Class Battleships are known for their heavy armor, yet their bank vault-like conning towers were possibly the most blatant example of how over-engineered these vessels were so that ...

But what if some of those ships could include World War II-era Iowa-class battleships? It's not impossible. USS Iowa launching Tomahawk cruise missile. Each refurbished Iowa-class ship had 32 ...

When the United States and its allies entered World War II, the Iowa-class battleship quickly proved its worth on the world's oceans. Typically, battleships would accompany Essex-class aircraft ...

Like her three Iowa-class sister ships, the New Jersey is now a museum ship. Visitors can explore vast sections of this warship, from the conning tower to the engine room. On my recent 10,000-mile ...

Two refit Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach, a Spruance Class destroyer and what looks like a pair of Knox Class frigates all churn through the ocean as a ...

In terms of secondary armament, the Iowa-class battleships packed two 5-inch (127mm) Mark 12 guns in enclosed base ring mounts along the starboard and port sides of the warship. These guns were ...