After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in ...
Summary: This article traces the evolution and significance of steel line-of-battleships from the 1880s, culminating in the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought of 1905, which epitomized naval dominance ...
At dawn on October 25, 1944, the U.S. Navy escort-carrier group “Taffy 3” sighted the Imperial Japanese Navy’s remaining battleship fleet approaching from the northern horizon off Samar—four ...