Even though the Illinois no longer exists, a small fragment of it remains to remind us of what might have been.

This is the story of the sinking of the battleship Roma and the birth of precision guided weapons, known more commonly today as smart bombs. Federal prosecutors in N.Y. officially move to dismiss ...

The next addition of battleships to our navy consisted of the three vessels of the “Alabama” class, namely, the “Alabama,” “Wisconsin,” and “Illinois.” These vessels were built ...

The Congress of 1899 authorized the construction of three, and the Congress of 1900 of two first-class battleships, which to-day constitute what is known as the “Georgia” class. These ships ...