A tentative agreement has been reached to send the ship from Philadelphia to Florida, where it will be sunk to become the world's largest artificial reef. The agreement, which hinges on the ...
Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...
The board said they couldn't reach an agreement with the foundation on the plan to relocate the ship from a repair dock to an area near the Port of Galveston. Right now, the ship doesn't have a ...
Ashtrays salvaged from a battleship which crashed in Cornwall more than 70 years ago will be displayed at Penlee Lifeboat Station. On April 23, 1947, eight men jumped for their lives when the ...
Effectively, the board's decision leaves the historic dreadnought—one of only a handful to have served in both world wars, and reportedly the world's largest battleship still afloat—stranded ...
Was USS New Jersey the Greatest Battleship Ever? A Case for the ‘Big J’ It’s challenging enough to do a five Best List of historical or current weapons systems. They’re virtually ...
In the summer of 2022, I was walking on the beach at Half Moon Bay in California, when I saw the strangest thing approaching on the waves. When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a ...
The USS Texas is still without a permanent home, following a breakdown in negotiations this week between the Battleship Foundation and Port of Galveston parties. After considering a motion last ...
Battleship Texas, one of the last remaining vessels to survive both World War I and II, will not be docked at the Port of Galveston's Pier 19, the port's governing body decided Tuesday. The ...
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Discussions are expected to resume on where the historic Battleship Texas new home will be. This comes after the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees announced a special ...