World War II was a pivotal moment in naval warfare, witnessing the emergence of some of the most heavily armed warships in history, notably the aircraft carrier. The United States Navy played a ...

Among the storied ships of World War II, there's no lack of renown for aircraft carriers or battleships, but what were the ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

However, war intervened, and the Imperial Japanese Navy determined that it needed smaller support ships (not to mention aircraft carriers) more than another set of battleships. Along with the last ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Navy had little long-term strategic role for its battlefleet. In mid-1945 the U.S. Navy (USN) had an unusual, and unexpected, problem. With the naval war well ...

10pm D-DAY LAST WORDS - History - The story of World War II's Allied D-Day invasion of German-occupied French Normandy June 6, 1944, is told through the recollections of veterans. 6 June 1944.

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area ...

The U.S. Navy’s “dancing mouse” has been located after more than eight decades. The USS Edsall, which was sunk early in World War II while facing down overwhelming odds, was confirmed to be ...

It also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. The hulks of dozens of German battleships have emerged from the mighty Danube River as its water levels dropped.