The battleship Tirpitz, Germany’s largest and warship of WWII, was an enormous threat to Allied naval operations. In response ...

HMS Hood, the largest warship in the world for 20 years, was dispatched to ambush the colossal German battleship Bismarck in ...

Have you seen the size of today’s SUVs? You’re not imagining it if you think that some of those behemoths look bigger than the Canyonero sport utility vehicle driven by Marge Simpson! As described in ...

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 ...

NOTE: This video is from Battleship Wisconsin’s 80th anniversary. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), one of the last and largest battleships in U.S. history, prepares to turn 81 ...

The Navy had grand plans for the third USS Montana as World War II exploded in Europe. The vessel was to have been the biggest battleship in the fleet - so big that new locks were planned for the ...

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...