Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch ...

SILVERTON – This little mountain town is going big with its Independence Day fireworks show. Silverton’s volunteer fire department is preparing to launch a $31,000 show tonight, capped off with a ...

At point blank range in the dead of night, the American battleship USS Washington unleashed her main battery on the Japanese battleship Kirishima. In a devastating seven minute barrage, over twenty 16 ...

It fired the first US 16-inch shell of World War II, and the last 16-inch shell of the war overall. The battleship is now a museum where visitors can tour once top-secret areas. The USS Massachusetts ...