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

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 ...

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.

As the U.S. Navy waits for more of its Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers to join the fleet, existing Flight IIA DDGs will increasingly be taking on the air defense commander role in a carrier ...

To most naval history buffs, the term “battlecruiser” evokes thoughts of warships of a bygone era, an era that ended with World War II and ... only mentions ‘heavy missile cruisers’.