The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

The last of the ships that some credit with winning World War II for the Allies has plowed through the waters of the Midwest, where people got a chance to visit it.

The US President announced the possibility of returning the Navy to the concept of battleships equipped with heavy artillery. He said this in a speech to the US Department of War. “I think we should ...

UPPER PROVIDENCE — On Sept. 2, 1945, a 19-year-old Ed Buffman was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for one of the most important events of World War II, the Signing of the Surrender, putting an ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - In its annual audit of the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission, the Office of State Auditor Dave Boliek identified more than $2 million worth of financial reporting ...

Thousands celebrate in Albany's Capitol Park on Aug. 14, 1945, after Japan announced its intent to surrender. The front page of the Times Union on Sept. 2, 1945, the day of Japan's formal surrender, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On this day, 80 years ago, Japan officially surrendered to the allied powers, bringing an end to World War II (WWII). That surrender happened on the deck of the battleship USS ...

Overcast skies gripped Tokyo Bay on an early September morning 80 years ago. Naval ships anchored in the harbor rocked ever slightly as officials representing the United States and Japan gathered on ...

On the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, CNN’s Stephanie Elam sits down with veteran Robert Somrak who served on the USS Missouri battleship and witnessed the surrender of Japan. 58 shot, 8 ...

Crowds of demonstrators throughout Hawaii joined millions across the country Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s policies. Organizers, including the ACLU of Hawaii, expect a large turnout ...