Jean Bart was a French fast battleship, the second and final member of the Richelieu class. Built as a response to the Italian Littorio class, the Richelieus were based on their immediate predecessors ...

Algiers in the dawn of Nov. 8 was a white, triangular wound against the dun hills behind the harbor. Beyond its jetties, well out in the Mediterranean, a great naval concentration stood in ...

We have so many amazing attractions, including the Battleship North Carolina, the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher and numerous museums, but we don’t often visit them. One year for my husband’s ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned in 1941, the ship was thought of as "the world's greatest sea weapon," and it turned out to be just that by participating in more than a dozen ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The USS North Carolina Battleship Commission unveiled new, advanced illuminations for the ship ahead of this year’s Veteran’s Day weekend. The project was years in the making, ...

The USS Texas (BB-35), a storied battleship that saw service in both World Wars, recently underwent a $60 million restoration to address leaks and structural issues. Towed to Galveston in 2022 for ...

Battleship USS North Carolina Had 1 Mission Explained in 2 Words The term fast battleship is applied to a class of ships that was fast enough to perform tasks like escorting aircraft carriers, but ...

Texans are touchy about the Battleship Texas, and the ship's uncertain fate after last week's vote by the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees has touched an exposed nerve. Last Tuesday ...

Neither side wants to see the Battleship Texas leave Galveston, Galveston Wharves port director and CEO Rodger Rees said last week. However, the parties negotiating a long-term lease for the 112 ...

Amber Guyger is serving a 10-year sentence for the murder of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old Black man who lived in the same building. At the murder trial, Guyger testified that she returned from an ...

We could start seeing these long bois a lot less often. Photo by HR Smith. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Whoever wins the ...