Construction of the Washington commenced at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where her keel was laid down on June 14, 1938.

The U.S. Navy’s WWII-era Alaska-class ships were unique and powerful warships, essentially a hybrid of a battlecruiser and a heavy cruiser. -Armed with nine 12-inch guns, they were faster than ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo slammed into the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending the bow, two gun turrets and more than 180 sailors to the bottom of Ironbottom Sound, near Guadalcanal in the ...

Crowds flocked to Castle Island to check out Old Ironsides and her annual Fourth of July turnaround in Boston Harbor, along with a 21-gun salute.

A lawsuit has been filed against Jackson County for a gun ordinance that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey calls “unconstitutional.” Video above: Jackson County Legislature overrides ...

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey files lawsuit opposing Jackson County’s gun restrictions, citing Second Amendment violations and Missouri state law.

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy in enemy waters.

Todric McGee, a football player at Missouri State, died Saturday from a possible accidental self-inflicted gunshot, according to police.

Missouri State safety Todric McGee, 21, died from injuries sustained in what police said was a "possible accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound." ...

The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Marines give a seven gun salute at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and the pilot’s ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the Battle of Okinawa.