Throughout history, warships have been a symbol of power, conquest and dominance at sea. But not all of them ended up as legends — some became examples of disastrous design, bad decisions and costly ...

Combat on the ground and in the air has changed dramatically, over the centuries. The earliest tanks and planes may seem laughably primitive today. The same goes, of course, for naval combat and the ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.