During a routine test aboard the USS Iowa, Turret Two was preparing to fire its massive 16-inch guns. While the right and left guns were loaded, an issue arose with the center gun, prompting a warning ...

On May 27, 1941, the British battleship HMS Rodney joined the relentless ... scoring early hits that crippled Bismarck’s lower turret and bridge, severely hampering her ability to return fire.

EXCLUSIVE: Let Sea Battle commence. TF1 has ordered a new primetime gameshow based on a classic ship-sinking strategy game. The naval battle is transported to a large studio in the show for the ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – NOAA researchers recently made an unlikely discovery while exploring the wreckage of the USS Nevada. The Nevada survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, but years later after ...

(Patria) The Russia-Ukraine war and Israel's conflicts with Hamas, Hizbullah, and Iran have provided a fresh avenue to discuss the need for lighter, more advanced turrets and remotely operated ...

Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns mounted in four twin turrets, capable of delivering ... The mere threat that the battleship might deploy from its base in Norway prompted London ...

Before the digital age, when transistors were expensive, unreliable, and/or nonexistent, engineers had to use other tricks to do things that we take for granted nowadays. Motor positioning, for ...