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 ...

Just because Maine Maple Sunday is turning 42 this year doesn’t mean the state’s sweetest holiday is getting old. There are always new farms and sugarhouses joining the event, new treats and ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) In a race similar to the Anglo-German naval buildup before World War I, the US, Japan and China are gearing up to build large, heavily armed missile warships for a potential ...

On April 6, 1945, the battleship Yamato, the heaviest and most powerful ever built, set sail from Japan on a one-way mission to Okinawa. With the U.S. forces landing on the island and Japan's ...

Spend an evening with local band Bailey’s Mistake playing Celtic-inspired folk, ancient songs of the sea and music from Newfoundland, Ireland, Scotland and Maine. With guitar, bagpipes ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) — The USS Texas, the last remaining World War I battleship, will be docked permanently at Pier 15 in Galveston, after more than a year of uncertainty regarding the vessel.

Japan’s navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II. Instead, Musashi, its top-secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean.

Please let us review our history. President McKinley in 1898 did not want warfare during his administration but when the USS Maine blew up in Havana and it was determined to have been caused by a ...

NAPLES, Italy — A Navy fighter pilot with more than two decades of service is the new commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Capt. Shane Marchesi took command ...

Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68 ... The Nimitz CSG also helped with relief efforts in Guam after Super Typhoon Mawar hit the island.