Over 70 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s prized Sen Toku I-400-class submarine aircraft carriers were captured and scuttled off the coast of Hawaii. Now a team from the University of ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

There is an urgent need for Asian allies and partner countries to push newly elected President Donald Trump to commit to ...

clinging to hope after escaping the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku before it sank. What began as another mission during World War II -- later known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

The ex-aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy began its final ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, he famously ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Yorktown (CV-10), an Essex-class aircraft carrier nicknamed “Fighting Lady,” earned 11 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation during World War II.

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --After 66 years of outdoor display on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on the ...

That’s because the Izumo-class is really a light aircraft carrier ... naval battles of World War II. They’re obsolete, no matter how many whizbang technologies the Japanese incorporate ...