New photos show a rare 16-inch artillery shell fired from the battleship USS New Jersey. The shell was one of 5,866 fired against enemy targets during the battlewagon’s short-lived Vietnam tour, and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The USS New Jersey was never seriously attacked by North Vietnamese forces. As the war in Vietnam reached its crescendo, the U.S. Navy prepared to recommission one of the ...

Key Points and Summary - The iconic Iowa-class battleships came closer to being nuclear-armed platforms than many realize. During the Cold War, the US Navy developed the Mk-23 "Katie," a 16-inch ...