The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers approaching ...

it continued creating M4 engines for other tanks until the end of World War II. Ford also produced the M10 Tank Destroyer as part of the war effort, ultimately making 1,038 of this powerful tank.

The U.S. Navy later commissioned the Edsall-class destroyer escort ships, with the lead ship entering service in 1943. The Edsall is the latest ship from World War II to be found after decades ...

These tank destroyers were introduced to the European theater in 1944. Despite their unglamorous build, armored vehicles like this played a vital role in numerous campaigns and battles and, today, ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer escort sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 meters (23,000) feet below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's deepest shipwreck ever located ...

A Navy destroyer that was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II has been discovered, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Monday. The Royal Australian Navy found the USS Edsall at the bottom of the ...

Commissioned in 1998, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was named for Rear ... against Japanese navy in the Pacific during World War II to the most successful record of any Navy ...

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World War II hero U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone. Appropriately ...

By John Ismay Reporting from Washington A U.S. Navy destroyer sunk in 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II has been discovered by a group of civilian underwater ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel ... Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships ...