The historic battleship USS Texas (BB-35), a veteran of both World Wars, is undergoing a massive $75 million restoration in ...

The next year, EPA exempted Sinkex from federal toxic pollution laws, and the Navy resumed sinking old ships — at least 50 nautical miles from shore and at least 6,000 feet deep.

The Iowa-class battleships Missouri and Wisconsin were launched in 1944 and 1943, respectively, to fight the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

The chief of the US Navy defended the service’s plans to scrap nine relatively new warships in the coming fiscal year even as the service tries to keep up with China’s growing fleet. Three of ...

The U.S. Navy wants to retire four ships of the controversial Littoral Combat Ship class, including one ship that is just six years old. The four ships all have at least 10, if not 20 years of ...

Summary and Key Points: This summer, the U.S. Navy conducted SINKEX drills, where three decommissioned warships were sunk during live-fire exercises, including the USS Dubuque and USS Tarawa ...

Old blueprints and other specifications for the ships (if they still exist) would have to be produced from Navy archives, and the parts made quickly. Historical // Getty Images Sixteen-inch shells ...