The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall— and its more-than-200 servicemen went down at the hands of the Japanese military on March 1, 1942, during World ...
A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...
Scuttling is when a ship's crew intentionally sinks a ship themselves, and it happened a lot during WWII to ensure ships didn ...
On December 31st, 1942, six British destroyers charged directly at a German heavy cruiser and pocket battleship in the Arctic ...
A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World War II. Researchers exploring islands off the coast of the Solomon Islands ...
HMS Cavalier entered service late in World War II but quickly earned a reputation for speed and endurance. Built with welded construction and capable of over 31 knots, she escorted Arctic convoys, ...
The wreckage of a World War II destroyer that was under command of a heroic Oklahoman when it was lost in battle has been discovered and identified, Navy authorities said. The USS Johnston, which was ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The World War II destroyer the USS The Sullivans was set to make its first voyage in more than 20 years today, though it won't be going far. The destroyer, named after the five ...
Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms. The U.S.S. Johnston ...
At 106, Joseph Williams still takes life one day at a time, watching cars speed by from his front porch, sharing stories of a world he helped shape – and reminding anyone who’ll listen what it was ...
During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...