What was one of the largest warships ever built — and one of the most feared — sank almost 80 years ago in WWII and then lay forgotten on the ocean floor. The battleship Musashi, weighing tens of ...

After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, both sides took heavy casualties but neither could claim full control. No side ...

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century, ...