As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built ...

The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship that ... of Wales was a King George V-class battleship and the most advanced in the ...

On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops ...

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... carried a crew of 2.399 and sever aircraft. Armaments: Nine 18in guns with a ...

a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was officially over launched an attack that would be the final battle of the war. It was also the last battle between two ships under sail.

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

The Navy’s surface fleet has spent the past 15 months taking down hundreds of missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s ...

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.