The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie Kitty Rippin after they surprised her with cake ...

When organized battle ended after two months, Manila was one of the most thoroughly devastated cities of World War II. The Japanese Navy had blown up Manila's harbor and destroyed the old city.

As one of the world’s most formidable fighting forces, the United States Navy is rightfully feared worldwide. Even though the ...

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Nathan Sawyer’s article reads like a scene from Top Gun or Star Wars. Crews are awakened at 3 a.m. by a tactical action officer’s call for launch. They rush to complete ...

An honor nearly 80 years in the making, a World War II veteran from Taylor County finally received his Bronze Battle Star.

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

More than 7,000 Marines were killed and 20,000 wounded during the historic battle from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, when ...

While it has become the most intense sustained combat the sea service’s warships have seen since World War II, the Navy continues to prioritize preparing for a conflict in the Pacific. This begs the ...