Although not the most well-known aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy fleet, the Midway-class flat-tops served many decades.

A special exhibit aboard the battleship USS Missouri has a heart-wrenching perspective on what it is like for a fighter pilot ...

80 years ago the USS Laffey DD-724 took part in the battle of Okinawa where she was struck by six kamikaze fighter attacks and was referred to as "The Ship That Wouldn't Die." New museum exhibits ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Patriots Point hosted special events on Wednesday dedicated to honoring the legacy of veterans of the infamous kamikaze attack on the USS Laffey during the Battle of ...

On April 16, 1945, during a Japanese Kukusui raid, the Laffey was attacked by 22 bombers and kamikaze ... with other veterans and members of the USS Laffey Association to get the ship ready ...

Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, 1944, when a navy Zero pilot smashed into the USS St. Lo in the Philippine Sea while carrying a pair of 550-pound bombs. Britain’s Imperial War Museum ...