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 ...

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 ...

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