The Alaska-class cruisers were a fascinating and unique chapter in the history of naval warfare. Conceived during a time of ...

The U.S. Navy seems unable to figure out what it wants from the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer. Different conceptual ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...

There are no handsomer battleships in our navy than these of the “Georgia ... On either broadside they can train four 12- inch, six 8-inch, and six 6-inch guns. The guns of the superposed ...

The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai ... Their initial 30% success rate fell to about 8% by mid-1945 due to declining crew skills, dwindling aircraft capabilities and improved U.S ...

The German U-85 went down with all 46 hands aboard — the first German U-boat sunk by a U.S. Navy ship since ... coming on with single 3-inch cannon and 20mm guns blazing — his torpedos had ...

The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai ... Their initial 30% success rate fell to about 8% by mid-1945 due to declining crew skills, dwindling aircraft capabilities and improved U.S ...

The Bell 47 prototype took its first flight on Dec. 8, 1945. It soon set about becoming ... which it dubbed the H-13 Sioux, while the Navy ordered 12, which it designated HTL-2.

Equipped with a floatplane, two 8-inch guns, anti-aircraft weapons ... and neither the Kriegsmarine nor the Japanese Navy claimed responsibility. Her disappearance remains one of World War ...