The most powerful weapon in the world in 1914, are the words used to describe the famous USS Texas, a massive US Navy New York-class battleship which served in both WWI and WWII. The ship, which is ...

Nearly 81 years later, on a clear May morning, I walk the gangplank to the Texas, now moored in the placid waters of the Galveston Ship Channel. For decades, the ship, decommissioned in 1948, was ...

This story has been corrected. The USS Normandy and USS Philippine Sea, both Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers, saw their respective 36 years of service honored at decommissioning ceremonies ...