Large battleships seem like slow, large, attractive targets for enemy aircraft and coastal land-fired missiles. Yet, there are ways the kind of firepower brought by the Iowa-class could add ...

Summary and Key Points: The Montana-class battleships were designed in the early 1940s to be the most powerful U.S. Navy battleships, with 12 16-inch guns and enhanced armor. Intended to counter ...

The USS Missouri has been described as the most famous battleship ever built. Nicknamed "Mighty Mo," the Missouri was an Iowa-class battleship that saw combat in World War II, the Korean War and ...

Summary: The Montana-class battleships, planned by the U.S. Navy during World War II, were designed to be the most powerful and heavily armored battleships in history. -With twelve 16-inch guns ...

The Iowa-Class Was the Most Expensive Each of the United States Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships, which were constructed between 1940 and 1944, cost around $100 million per ship – or more ...

Decommissioned in 1991 and now serving as a museum ship, the Iowa-class battleship traveled from Camden, New Jersey, down the Delaware River to Philadelphia Navy Yard last week for a 60-day period ...