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 ...

Back then, each Iowa-class battleship cost $100 million – a gargantuan sum for the time. That works out to $1.65 billion today. That’s a bargain compared to the $13 billion Gerald R. Ford ...

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 ...

Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its tenure in WWII, the Iowa-class battleship was assigned to the Pacific Theatre, where it participated ...

Also known as the Super Yamato-class, the Design A-150 battleship program began in late 1938. As conceived by its designers, the warship was to be armed with at least six 510mm (20-inch ...