The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

On October 24, 1944, during World War 2’s Pacific climax, the United States Navy, emboldened by their recent triumphs in the ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says an expedition crew on his research vessel, R/V Petrel, has located the historic USS Indianapolis in the North Pacific Ocean. The USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser ...

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