The USS Kentucky (BB-66), a battleship that was never completed, represents a pivotal moment in US naval history. -Initially ...

A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since the World War ...

The battleship Iowa, once one of the most powerful warships, is docked on a quiet channel at the Port of Richmond, where it is being prepared for its last voyage. Sometime this winter, once its ...

USS Iowa: A Presidential Battleship The Iowa was the lead ship of its class. The 45,000-ton battleship was laid down and later commissioned in 1943 at the New York Navy Yard.

John L. McCrea spewed his coffee out on the bridge of the USS Iowa when one of his officers delivered some orders from Washington, D.C. “A bathtub? Aboard a battleship,” McCrea may have uttered.

The Battleship Iowa, a tourist attraction in the Port of Los Angeles since 2012, is among the more recent additions to the nation’s floating museum fleet and this mont, it embarked on a standard ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The revitalization of USS Iowa Battleship Barrel #270 is complete, and it’s now ready to be moved to its final resting spot at Fort Story. The Veteran’s Association of ...

Soon, the USS Iowa won't just be a piece of history. Any Iowan who has toured the state Capitol is familiar with the World War II-vintage battleship that bore that name: The 18 1/2 foot ...

The Battleship IOWA in San Pedro will do just that on Aug. 10. And, unlike aquariums and museums, the ship — dubbed "The Battleship of Presidents" in World War II — does, of course ...