Naval History

In the aftermath of the Second World War, leaders of the United States Navy, such as Admiral Marc Mitscher, dreamed up a new aircraft carrier to fight what was then the budding...

In what might be a most unusual twist of fate, a Royal Navy battleship with the most regal name, the HMS Royal Sovereign (05) ended service with the Soviet Navy following the Second World War....

The Russian Gangut-class dreadnought Poltava didn’t exactly have a stellar record on the high seas. Completed after the outbreak of World War I, she and her three sister battleships were...

Outside of the Imperial War Museum’s (IWM’s) main facility in London is a pair of Royal Navy 15-inch guns. The museum was founded in 1917 and was originally intended to record...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Vanguard arrived too late for World War II but served in a ceremonial role as a symbol of power into the 1950s. In an...

Here’s What You Need to Know: USS Massachusetts returned to the United States after the war, and decommissioned in 1947. It would remain in reserve for fifteen years. Fortunately, a group of veterans...

Here’s What You Need to Know: This battleship saw many conflicts before finally being decommissioned. In 1904, the United States laid down USS Mississippi (BB-23), second of her name and the first of...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The notion that a warship could go from being the world class to obsolete in a decade (perhaps less, given how quickly new ships outclassed Dreadnought)...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Plan Z would have resulted in a powerful fleet, but not one that could beat the world. In the mid-1930s, the Nazi government began to plan...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The world’s leading naval powers across history have helped their countries project military force around the globe. There have been countless navies in the last...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the first reported incident of aircraft bombing ships was long thought to have happened during the Mexican Revolution, it turns out that the Greeks,...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Due to Hitler’s vindictive and wrathful nature, he was unable to recognize his own responsibility in a minor military setback, and instead lashed out at...