The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato-class warships were the largest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, ...

but the role those warships played in World War II simply can’t be overstated. They provided fire support for naval landings in North Africa, Europe, and most notably the Pacific. She was among ...

The wreck lies 21,180 feet (6,456 m) below the ocean surface off the island of Samar in the Philippines, where it sank after an intense battle with Japanese warships. Several World War II wrecks ...

where these warships were redesignated AKV (air transport auxiliary). Despite the important role that these ‘baby’ escort aircraft carriers played in World War II, sadly not a single one of ...

An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in ... evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers, before being attacked by 26 carrier-dive bombers, taking only one ...

Historically, the United States has been home to one of the most powerful naval forces since World War II. However ... decades and now each possess more warships and submarines than the United ...

Europe’s scorching drought has revealed the hulks of dozens of German warships that became submerged ... Wreckage of a World War II German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia ...

exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War II near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo. The vessels were among hundreds scuttled along the Danube by ...

A group called the Lost 52 Project, which searches for Navy submarines and warships sunk during World War II, found the ship in December. The U.S. Navy’s Naval History and Heritage Command in ...