Iowa-Class aircraft carriers were meant to be massive, mobile battle stations that could turn the tide of a war. Here's why ...

In 1950 the USS Missouri drove high onto a sandbank outside Norfolk, and brute force alone was never going to be enough. This breaks down the lightering, dredging, anchors, tug choreography, and human ...

Are you heading to Oahu this year and want to visit the USS Arizona Memorial? Find out how to visit Pearl Harbor with kids ...

Many experts wrote off the battleship before 1991—but that year, they proved key to ensuring America’s decisive, rapid victory over Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Army. Decommissioned in the 1950s as nuclear ...

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On Saturday, the Battleship Missouri Memorial will celebrate “Living History Day” aboard the historic “Mighty Mo” aka USS Missouri, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those heading to Ford Island at Pearl Harbor ...

You may have seen young Samson Peck at Stearns Wharf, cosplaying a uniformed admiral, trading salutes with passersby as the Lil’ Toot waterfront taxi blows acknowledgement. The former volcano explorer ...