The Essex-class aircraft carrier came about during World War II and was one of the first class of carriers to be outfitted ...

In December 1941, a small group of U.S. Marines on Wake Island faced the impossible. With only twelve F4F Wildcats and ...

The construction of a new exhibition hall has started in this western Japan town to preserve the only remaining "Shiden-Kai" advanced ･･･ ...

Summary and Key Points: “The Great War of Archimedes” presents a fictionalized account of the political maneuvers behind the construction of the Japanese battleship Yamato, a symbol of Japan’s naval ...

Servicemembers assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) made a brief mission stop, March 20, near Ulithi Atoll, part of the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of ...

Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (U.S. Navy ...

Summary: Speculative discussions on using atomic bombs against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) suggest that, under ideal conditions, such an attack could have significantly damaged the IJN’s ...

A Japanese helicopter destroyer, which bears the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, visited the Hawaiian harbor on Tuesday. Newsweek ...