Though battleships saw extensive and meritorious service in World War II, the conflict exposed their weaknesses against the rising power of the aircraft carrier.

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

Trump’s Navy chief is calling for giant lasers to be included on new battleships - US has not commissioned a battleship in ...

The USS Texas has endured a lot since it was commissioned in 1914, and 2026 will see it on display in refurbished condition ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...