The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. | George Cavanaugh and George Milligan, both of Cedar Rapids, served on the USS Iowa at the same time during the Korean War. But the men never met until Tuesday, as they toured the ...

It is rumored Capt. John L. McCrea spewed his coffee out on the bridge of the USS Iowa when one of his officers delivered some orders from Washington, D.C. “A bathtub? Aboard a battleship,” McCrea may ...

Vietnam was mostly a ground war. American and South Vietnamese grunts fought it out against the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in the jungles and rice paddies of South Vietnam. There was also secret ...

Former Republican Iowa Senate leader Jeff Lamberti was presented with the inaugural USS Iowa Lamberti Service Award at the Iowa Capitol Thursday for his conservation and restoration efforts of the ...

Russia’s refit Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov entering sea trials signals that big, heavily armed surface ...

WAS BEHIND THAT NETWORK SHUTDOWN. THIS IS COMING FROM MY FRIENDS ON THE BOARD AND THE CREW WHO FOUGHT THESE FIGHTS FOR A DECADE TO GET THE SHIP TO GET IT OPENED AS A MUSEUM. AND NOW TO CONTINUE WITH ...

The waterfront in Camden, New Jersey, offers some truly stunning views. But for the next two months at least, something will be missing from the panorama – namely, the Iowa-class battleship USS New ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Iowa 36th Commemoration Ceremony will be held at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives after a ...

Touting large-caliber guns and torpedos, battleships carried intense firepower and heavy armor. With the advancement of military technology, the need for battleships dwindled. There are only eight US ...

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (KABC) -- A special service on the USS Iowa marked the 30th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed 47 sailors on April 19, 1989. The Number Two gun turret explosion was one ...