The Japanese battleships’ use of Naval Base Guam’s Apra Harbor, according to the Navy, “sends a clear message of the port’s capacity, capability and readiness to support naval warfighting ...

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The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Hyūga Was the Last Battleship Sunk in Combat: The second and last of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s (IJN’s) Ise-class, Hyūga has the distinction of being the ...

(Photo courtesy of Janrelh Edera) BUTUAN CITY – The PHP50-million building of the Office of the Governor of Dinagat Islands, a replica of the World War II Japanese Battleship Yamashiro, will open on ...

Some ships, like the Japanese battleship and aircraft carrier Ise, are floating flops, while the jury’s still out on other ships, like the American stealth destroyer Zumwalt. The Japanese ...

(3rd left) is joined on Tuesday (Oct. 25, 2022) by Richard Sisson, (2nd left) the Charge'd Affairs of Australian Embassy in the Philippines and Commander Sekine Takeharu, (right), the Vice Defense ...

The Japanese battleship Kongō had some of the greatest nicknames in history; the Japanese translations for the vessel’s many names are “Indestructible Diamond,” “Indra’s Spear” and “Divine Thunder.” ...

Over several hours early that morning, Sealion attacked the Japanese ships, sinking the battleship Kongo. Sealion was the only allied sub to sink an enemy battleship during the war, and its crew ...