The US Navy’s four Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were reactivated from reserve to play a ...

The battleship Missouri opened fire on the coast of Kuwait on Monday, and in the muzzle flash of its 16-inch guns was a hint of the immense firepower allied warplanes have concentrated on Iraqis ...

The 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, featured on Iowa-class battleships, became one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful and iconic ...

Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

A 16-inch caliber, 68-foot-long gun that was once mounted on the battleship USS Missouri was hauled from the U.S. Navy Weapons Station in Hawthorne, Nev. to a parking area near Rodeo Lagoon where ...

One U.S. Battleship Fired Nearly 6,000 Massive 16-Inch Shells During Vietnam War. ... Over the course of her relatively short Vietnam patrol New Jersey fired 5,688 16-inch gun rounds and 14,891 ...

The World War II veteran Iowa and her sister dreadnoughts sported three 16-inch, 50-caliber three-gun turrets. Each 67-foot-long naval rifle was capable of flinging 1,900- or 2,700-lb projectiles ...

US battleships fired their guns for the last time 30 years ago. ... USS Iowa fires a full broadside of its nine 16-inch and six 5-inch guns during an exercise near Puerto Rico, July 1, 1984.

War-winning battleship guns sit in field. Carol Comegno @CarolComegno. CAMDEN – Gigantic gun barrels 66 feet long and 16 inches in diameter lay in a Virginia field nearly forgotten.