T he United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City and it was named after legendary World War II hero United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone ...

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

Navy Navy destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele, which sank during World War II, found in Japanese waters USS Mannert L. Abele was ‘the first US Navy vessel sunk by the human-guided kamikaze bomb’ ...

The Navy destroyer was sunk in 1942 during World War II, after facing down overwhelming odds and fighting a pitched battle. The U.S. Navy’s “dancing mouse” has been located after more than ...

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 explorers deep in the Pacific Ocean ...

After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II, the U.S. Navy said Monday that the wreckage of the destroyer USS Edsall has been found at the bottom of Indian Ocean.

As he approached the isle of Samar on the morning of Oct. 25, Kurita found his way barred by “Taffy 3,” an antisubmarine force from the 7th Fleet, consisting of escort carriers Fanshaw Bay, St ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the ...