The legendary Iowa-class battleships of WWII were marvels of naval engineering, requiring over three million man-hours and 71 ...

The Congress of 1899 authorized the construction of three, and the Congress of 1900 of two first-class battleships, which to-day constitute what is known as the “Georgia” class. These ships ...

The Montana-class battleships were envisioned as America’s most formidable warships during World War II, exceeding even the ...

The next addition of battleships to our navy consisted of the three vessels of the “Alabama” class, namely, the “Alabama,” “Wisconsin,” and “Illinois.” These vessels were built ...

These themes continue throughout most classes of ships, each of which has a standard naming convention. That's all well and good for a vessel's actual name, but what about its hull designation?

Amphibious Assault Ships contain a well deck to support use of Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) and other watercraft (with exception of the first two LHA(R) class ships, LHA 6 and LHA 7 ...