In September 1941, as German forces pushed toward Leningrad, a powerful Soviet battleship stood in their way. The Marat’s heavy guns were pounding advancing troops from the sea, forcing the Luftwaffe ...

Bell Gallery curator Ian Russell was driving along the highway with his girlfriend on Valentine's Day two years ago when he noticed a sign for a battleship in Fall River, Mass. The two stopped to ...

What You Need to Know: The Iowa-class battleships were reactivated in the 1980s to counter the growing Soviet naval threat, particularly the Kirov-class battlecruisers. -These fast battleships, ...