In May 1941, Britain’s outdated Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers accomplished the impossible, striking the German battleship ...

Tirpitz was finally sunk at her anchorage on November 12, 1944, when RAF Lancaster bombers scored two direct hits and a near miss with six-ton “Tallboy” bombs. The wreck was salvaged between 1948 and ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 during later wars.

Battlecruisers were a unique class of warship designed to combine the heavy guns of a battleship with the speed of a cruiser, a compromise achieved by sacrificing armor protection. -This “speed is ...

On the Class A boys side, Century and Bismarck are set up for a barnburner of a competition on finals day. On the girls side, Century holds a lead on ...

Fargo Shanley’s Ella Stimpson sets the ball up while Bismarck’s Dalena Aamot jumps to block during the ND Class A volleyball quarterfinals on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at the Fargodome.

The four Iowa -class battleships have been reactivated three times since the end of World War II. It’s possible to bring the ships back to fighting condition, but it would take a real emergency.

The Montana-class would have been the largest battleships in the United States military fleet, had they actually been built during World War 2.

Sleek, fast, and heavily armed, Bismarck was the newest battleship of the German Navy. She carried eight 15-inch main guns in four main turrets, two forward and two aft.

After stopping in Paulsboro, N.J., the Battleship New Jersey will arrive at her home berth in Camden on Thursday, June 20. Fans interested in going along for that ride can do so with a $5,000 ...