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

Intrepid was one of 24 Essex-class carriers cranked out in East ... In all, the carrier survived five kamikaze attacks, three wars, three decommissionings, and a near-scrapping before real estate ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Carey Callaghan, grandson of the USS Missouri’s Capt. William Callaghan, delivers a keynote address to attendees at a ceremony on Friday honoring the 80th ...

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

They took off on one-way flights with just enough fuel to reach their targets. Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and ...

A commemoration ceremony will be held Friday at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum to honor the 38 crew members who died in a kamikaze attack on the ship on April 11, 1945.

Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved with the Battle of Okinawa when kamikaze pilot Setsuo Ishino slammed his plane into the Mighty Mo’s side. The Mighty Mo was ...

(U.S. National Archives photo no. 80-G-315812 via AP) A fragment of a silk scarf and a button worn by the kamikaze pilot of a Japanese zero plane that rammed into the USS Missouri during the ...