the type of gun, and the best formation in which to fight a naval action. The battleship of the future will be of great size; displacement will be not less than 20,000 tons; and this will increase ...

battleships featured a mix of large and small guns, reflecting naval tactics that emphasized high rates of fire at short ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.

Each gun took dozens of sailors to fire." Even as proposed, such massive battleships were not without problems. The vessels would have required a crew of at least 2,355 personnel – and perhaps ...

A tribute was held in honor of the victims of Pearl Harbor at the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro on Saturday, marking 83 ...