Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era ...

Modern naval operations focus on the aircraft carrier and its battlegroup. An unparalleled mode of power projection, the aircraft carrier brings dozens of aircraft and thousands of sailors and marines ...

When HMS Vanguard was completed, the age of the battleship was already fading—submarines, aircraft, and long-range missiles had made such colossal warships nearly obsolete. Despite this, the British ...