At the onset of World War II, the Japanese heavy cruiser Maya represented the pinnacle of naval dominance, her formidable ...

The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since the American Civil War, when a Union boat armed with spar torpedoes sank ...

Apple scored a major film coup when it snagged the rights to Greyhound, the first film superstar Tom Hanks had ever released directly to a ...

Kiyohide Shima, and to the commander of the lead battle fleet, Vice Adm. Takeo Kurita, that he expected to enter Leyte Gulf at about 01:30 in the morning. “Several torpedo boats sighted ...

In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

Open sea lanes are necessary to US commercial shipping and trade (80% of global trade is by ocean) and to lines of ...