The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...

The Thresher incident remains one of the most tragic days in the Navy’s history as 129 sailors and crew perished.

The battleship USS Nevada is in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, 1935. (U.S. Navy) Galle worked in the engine room of the craft and said it was a wise decision to keep both boilers ...

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) arrives at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit, March 24, 2025. US Navy Photo The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group departed Guam on Friday and is now headed toward ...

"I always felt that the Quartermaster and that Chief Engineer had enough foresight and knew how to get things going when things got tough," USS Nevada survivor Geb Galle said in a 2016 interview with ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – NOAA researchers recently made an unlikely discovery while exploring the wreckage of the USS Nevada. The Nevada survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, but years later after ...