The idea of reactivating the Iowa-class battleships—notably the USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin—is ...

A Fighting Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was the third Iowa-class battleship to be constructed during the Second World War.Built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

When a Wisconsin shipyard won the contract to build a new class of Navy frigate in 2020, the project was meant to address an embarrassing reality: The U.S. is now the global laggard in building ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one ...

The society announced the discovery Saturday at the annual Ghost Ships Festival in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. “There's a number of concurrent stories that make this important,” the society's ...