Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

Key Points and Summary - In a rare World War II naval upset, two German battleships, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ambushed and sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in 1940. -The disaster ...

For almost 80 years, the carrier has ruled the high seas as the US Navy’s primary capital ship. Yet, America’s enemies have not sad idly by, watching the Americans sail the seven seas aboard their ...

-The Soviet Navy attempted this with the Kiev-class, which was ultimately deemed a failure. -Modern proponents of this idea argue that it could address the vulnerabilities of aircraft carriers against ...

The US Navy has recovered the two aircraft that were shockingly lost from a battleship within 30 minutes of each other. A ...

A major constraint on the Iowa-class design was an “escalator clause” in the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, which raised the maximum allowable displacement of battleships from 35,000 tons to ...

The United States has used aircraft carriers since the Navy commissioned the USS Langley (CV-1) in 1922. Since then, these massive navy ships designed to float in various international seas have ...

Warships are naval vessels operated by the government that are primarily used for combat; they can range in size from tiny torpedo boats to massive aircraft carriers. Because of its armament and ...

I remember we had a few threads a while back about these two topics, aircraft carriers included. They had awesome stories, facts and pics. I need more. Links to the old ones? Or a new one would be ...