Littoral combat ships are prized for their abilities in coastal areas and open ocean, but the Freedom variant was quickly ...

Key Points and Summary – This piece explores a great naval “what if”: a gun duel between America’s never-built Montana-class ...

In 1944, PNG's Manus Island was home to one of the most impressive allied military bases in the Pacific. After signing the ...

Iowa-class battleships were monsters of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm—floating fortresses that hurled 16-inch ...

Veterans and families — and football fans — gathered on board the Battleship Iowa in San Pedro on Sunday, Nov. 9, to enjoy an early celebration of Veterans Day. Admission was free. Highlights included ...

What’s old is new again. The possibility of resurrecting battleships as a potent symbol of naval power is back as a popular topic of discussion in the nation’s capital. Now decommissioned for over 33 ...

Many of the over 17,000 beef cattle operations scattered across Iowa share similarities in appearance and production, according to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture. However, indistinguishable from ...

The recruiting trail has started to heat up for the Iowa State Cyclones recently. The coaching staff is putting in a lot of work on the field while also working hard off of it, looking to sustain ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - More students are showing up for class more often, according to new figures from the Iowa Department of Education. The Reynolds administration says this reflects a series of ...

In the wake of the Russian Empire’s humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), the Gangut-class was presented as the answer to many of Russia’s naval problems. In that war with the Empire ...

NORFOLK, Va. — September 2nd marks a major milestone in world history: the 80th anniversary of the official end of World War II. In Norfolk, decorated military officials, city leaders, and other ...

A U.S. naval flotilla of at least eight warships and carrying some 4,500 personnel is currently massing near Venezuela’s coast amid open threats to attack the country, which boasts the largest oil ...