As Japan advanced through Southeast Asia, the British sent Force Z—the battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse, and ...

Summary: The Albany-class guided missile cruisers, originating from the World War II-era Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, represented a significant transition in naval warfare towards missile dominance ...

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USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

At dawn on October 25, 1944, the U.S. Navy escort-carrier group “Taffy 3” sighted the Imperial Japanese Navy’s remaining battleship fleet approaching from the northern horizon off Samar—four ...

The Boston-class gave the U.S. Navy the world’s first array of guided-missile cruisers. The class had humbler origins as Baltimore-class heavy cruisers. Through its various iterations, the ...

A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier spans 4½ acres of sovereign and mobile American territory, serving as a floating city on the ocean. While most people associate carriers with their ability to launch ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding ...