Calls to reactivate battleships like the USS New Jersey reflect misplaced nostalgia rather than strategic sense. Even if they ...

A free gathering celebrating U.S. veterans will take place on the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, ...

A free gathering celebrating U.S. veterans will take place on the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9. Veterans Day — known globally as Armistice Day — is on Nov ...

The thought of reactivating the legendary Iowa-class battleships sparks both excitement and skepticism. These massive ...

But if we go with sheer breadth and number of accomplishments, then the nod would have to go with one of “Mighty Mo’s” sister ships in the Iowa-class, the USS New Jersey (BB-62).

When World War II broke out, Ramsey got a job working with pipe fitters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he helped build the USS Iowa and USS Missouri. Then, in 1943, he enlisted in the Navy.

Not only is the building home to the governor's offices, the legislature and the old Supreme Court room, but it also shelters several artifacts, including a model of the USS Iowa battleship and ...

It was a casket flag with an inscription printed on the canvas: “George Brousseau, USS Hoel, Lost at Sea ... by a showing of a History Channel documentary, “The Last Stand of the Tin Can ...