With over 4,900 casualties and nearly as many wounded, the Battle of Okinawa was the U.S. Navy’s costliest fight during World ...

Did the North Carolina-class Battleships Turn the Tide During World War Two? – The United States Navy’s North Carolina-class ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II ... ship on Oct. 25, 1944, when a navy Zero ...

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

After World War II, America's colossal aircraft carriers ... Two decades ago, the US Navy had 282 combat ships against the Chinese navy's 220, but by the mid-2010s, this lead had evaporated.

(John Narewski/U.S. Navy) The Navy formally unleashed its ... is the service’s first vessel to be named after the state since the famed World War II-era battleship Iowa (BB-61).

An organization hopes to commemorate the 1942 sinking of an American destroyer, the first to be sunk after Pearl Harbor.

World War II submarines usually had a distinct look, shaped more like boats than the conventional crafts. But was there a ...

The bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey on the counter was a birthday gift from one of his 10 children. It'll last Frank Fogarty, a one-drink kind of guy, a while. He's someone who's made a habit of ...

Traditionally aligned with the Republicans, veterans are increasingly angry with the US president, whom they accuse of ...

How Lockheed’s P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Submarines are hard to kill. For military strategists, no warship ...