Wikimedia Commons/Naval History & Heritage Command USS Massachusetts vs. French Battleship Jean Bart Allied forces invaded ...

Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy The February 1944 Sinking of Japanese Light Cruiser Katori by USS Iowa On February 17, 1944, USS ...

Considered an essential piece of kit for every Marine, a wide variety of private-purchase and standard-issue knives were pressed into service in every theater of the war to tackle tasks ranging from ...

The battlecruisers were designed to project power and deter Western navies, but their obsolescence in the face of carrier-based warfare and the immense cost of construction rendered them utterly ...

During World War II, the United States suffered 292,129 dead and 139,709 missing. The crew of the USS New Orleans was no exception, as more than 180 people died after being hit by ...

Eighty-three years after its loss in WWII, the USS New Orleans bow has been located using sonar and underwater robots.

The versatile ship served as the flagship for the Pacific Fleet from 1921 to 1940. The San Pedro-based portion of the fleet, ...

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Britain and France agree on a deal to send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France.

The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...