World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long dominated naval thinking, the war quickly showed that aircraft carriers and ...

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century, ...

The USS Massachusetts fired America's first 16-inch shell of World War II. It also fired the last. In 1942, the 680-foot battleship fired the first US 16-inch projectile of the war in combat with ...

If you’ve ever been to Wilmington, you’ve likely seen her. She looms over the city’s downtown -- a symbol of state pride and national history. The Battleship North Carolina sits moored at the mouth of ...