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

The USS Indianapolis, a 120,000 ton American heavy-cruiser, sank in 1945 ... bomb that would later devastate Hiroshima and bring World War II closer to its end. The cargo had been a top priority ...

The celebrated USS Indianapolis was nearly ... a tragedy that also stands as one of World War II's most harrowing survival stories. The Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser and flagship of the 5th ...

As the U.S. Navy waits for more of its Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers to join the fleet, existing Flight IIA DDGs ...

Although most of the credit (such that it is) for the destruction of urban Japan belongs to the bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force, the battleships and cruisers of the navy contributed their share.

The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies, ended on August 9, 1942. After the guns fell silent, the Japanese Navy would sink four Allied heavy cruisers ...