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 ...

The USS Missouri, an Iowa-class battleship, is celebrated as one of the most iconic American warships. Commissioned during ...

A visit to the iconic Battleship USS Iowa Museum includes access to both interior and exterior areas on seven decks. The self-guided tour lets visitors see what life was like on the ship.

The USS Wisconsin (BB-65), one of the formidable Iowa-class battleships ... For a warship, it is best not to be in the path of big storms. But that wasn't the case in December 1944, when one ...

A free gathering celebrating U.S. veterans will take place on the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, ...

Slotten, a recipient of the Purple Heart, set out with resolve and courage to a future far removed from the farm where he ...

Rory Johnson is a man who knows his own mind. Even decades ago, fresh out of high school with college scholarships waiting at ...

LOS ANGELES — No one knows where Everett Titterington was when the first torpedoes slammed into the USS Oklahoma on that ... When the news reached Milford, Iowa, Titterington’s hometown ...

Mr. Turco is best known for “The Book of Forms ... serving as a yeoman third class aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. He married Jean Cate Houdlette, a high school classmate and daughter ...

For a warship, it is best not to be in the path ... One of the four Iowa-class battleships constructed during the Second ...

A free gathering celebrating U.S. veterans will take place on the Battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9. Veterans Day — known globally as Armistice Day — is on Nov ...