The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

One of the most devastating attacks in American history, Pearl Harbor will forever be remembered as the moment the country ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

Captain Gail Harris says her dream of joining the Navy started when she was a little girl. "Well when I was five years old I ...

No Cold War carriers have been preserved as museums, and it is disappointing that CV-63 or CV-67 couldn't be saved from the scrappers.

Okinawa, Japan, the next year. The U.S. built 24 Essex-class carriers during World War II (an average of one every two months for four years); now it takes the United States a decade to commission a ...

You’ve heard of the word Zeppelin and first thing that pops to your mind are large airships, most notably the famous ...

Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

Six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, they launched another assault with plans to occupy Midway Atoll and … ...