National Security Journal on MSN6h
USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
The National Interest on MSN2d
This World War II Battleship Fights Its Greatest Enemy Yet
The USS Iowa has served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage ...
Military Times9h
In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
24/7 Wall St. on MSN8d
America’s Oldest and Newest Warship Classes That Fought in World War II
World War II U.S. Navy Veteran, Joseph McCarron, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by friends and loved ones earlier ...
World War II aviation history lands at permanent exhibit on USS Intrepid
Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final ...
Newsweek13d
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
The United States sent one of its aircraft carriers for a trilateral naval exercise this week with ... France, a NATO member state, held a joint war game with India in the Arabian Sea involving ...
The Citizen8d
Airbase Georgia to Offer Flights of a Lifetime at Atlanta’s PDK Airport May 24-25
Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia, Fayette County’s World War II flying museum, will offer Atlanta area residents ...
Spectrum News NY113d
Something new in the air: Vintage fighter plane helps tell story at Intrepid Museum
The Corsair is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum ... painted with the markings of an aircraft flown by Intrepid pilot Alfred Lerch during World War II. Lerch achieved “ace in ...