The USS Kidd, a 500-foot Fletcher-class destroyer capable of 40 knots, played a crucial role in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. The ship endured a deadly kamikaze attack off Okinawa, where ...

The wreckage was located by a sonar device and was found to have several torpedo mounts and also the ship’s bell intact, ...

If you ever catch a sleek, gray Navy destroyer coming into port with a gigantic black flag flying above it with a skull and ...

A Fletcher -class destroyer is armed to the teeth with five five-inch, five dual 40-millimeter and seven single 20-millimeter weapons mounts distributed across the ship. The dilemma is field of fire.

USS William D. Porter had all the makings of another proud US Navy ship when it arrived during World War II. But the Fletcher-class destroyer's service life was marred by a serious of mistakes and ...