The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed one of the bravest ever stands by a US Navy vessel has ...

The 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, featured on Iowa-class battleships, became one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful and iconic weapons. Designed initially for lighter rounds, the Mark 7 was ...

hitting the German’s superstructure several times with Scorpion’s 4.7-inch guns. At about 19:45 Scharnhorst ... He built a comprehensive library of naval history, some of which is now held ...

naval rifle guns. Those were the most powerful guns ever installed on a battleship, and while these may have matched the United States Navy's 16-inch 50-caliber Mark 7 guns at long ranges ...

It is to-day the almost unanimous opinion of naval officers that one big ... battleships of mixed batteries of 6-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch, and 12-inch guns, such as are mounted on the “Georgia ...

Initially, the fort's artillery consisted of earthwork batteries housing three 7-inch rifled muzzle ... shells designed for ...

The last World War I-era American dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35) will remain in the Port of Galveston as a museum ship, but ...

With Veteran's Day drawing to a close, we take a look at one of the forgotten ships of Pearl Harbor, the USS Utah.

The battery was originally equipped with 2 old 6 inch 30 cwt howitzers and one even older 4.7 inch naval gun. The battery was disbanded in Egypt during February 1916 to provide personnel for howitzer ...