The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...
When it comes to World War II, there is no question that the United States was initially caught ... The Northampton-class heavy cruisers were equipped with nine 8-inch/.55 caliber rapid-fire ...
The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...
Soemu Toyoda’s complex plan for the much-depleted Imperial Japanese Navy to strike a blow against ... the Japanese First Strike Force lost heavy cruisers Atago and Maya to U.S. submarines ...
On Feb. 18, 1925, Clarence Piper was born in the Puyallup Valley. He was one of seven children of Francis "Frank" and Stella Piper, who lived on a small farm near Orting. A century later, on Tuesday, ...
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories amid a WWII turning point.
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen ... the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy ...
Among the earliest American multi-aces, Jim Swett was credited with seven aerial victories amid a turning point in World War II ... heavy losses, Zuikaku’s planes sank the Royal New Zealand Navy ...
The Union-Tribune is researching a story that will trace the rise and fall of the ships, including those that operated out of ...
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday.