Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

Launched in 1919, Japan’s battleship Nagato was a floating fortress, eight 16-inch guns, 32,000 tons of steel, and Admiral Yamamoto’s flagship at Pearl Harbor. She survived Midway, Leyte Gulf, and ...

At point blank range in the dead of night, the American battleship USS Washington unleashed her main battery on the Japanese battleship Kirishima. In a devastating seven minute barrage, over twenty 16 ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS North Carolina battleship was initially constrained by the Washington Naval Treaty but saw its armament upgraded under the Second London Naval Treaty, which allowed for ...