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

In a further sign that none of the Iowa-class battleships ... are forced to retire more Ohio-class guided-missile submarines.” In addition to BB-61, the prior ships included a Civil War ...

Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its tenure in WWII, the Iowa-class battleship was assigned to the Pacific Theatre, where it participated ...

Back then, each Iowa-class battleship cost $100 million – a gargantuan sum for the time. That works out to $1.65 billion today. That’s a bargain compared to the $13 billion Gerald R. Ford ...