Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Lexington-class battlecruisers were authorized in 1916 as America’s answer to the global naval arms race. -These...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire long enough...
Key Points and Summary – The underrated battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) had a remarkable and resilient career spanning two World Wars. -Its most famous...
Key Points and Summary – In 1946, the U.S. military conducted the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, detonating nuclear weapons against...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Texas (BB-35), a century-old dreadnought battleship, served with distinction in both World Wars. A technological pioneer for...
Key Points and Summary – The Korean War pulled all four Iowa-class battleships—Missouri, New Jersey, Iowa, and Wisconsin—back into combat, where their 16-inch guns...