Equipped with a floatplane, two 8-inch guns, anti-aircraft weapons ... Her disappearance remains one of World War II’s greatest naval mysteries, sparking countless theories about what really ...

The air force said its P-8 Poseidon Force detected the threat ... of weapons - including anti-ship missiles and a 4.5-inch naval gun - stalked the ships through the North Sea and English Channel.

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

The deployment of the USS Shoup and JS Noshiro to Scarborough Shoal represents the strength of the U.S.-Japan-Philippine ...

Cmdr. Frederick Moosbrugger’s claim to fame was a near-perfect destroyer duel at the Battle of Vella Gulf. (National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances and battles ...

As of May 8, 1942, the Germans had sunk 87 Allied ... only to see Icarus still coming on with single 3-inch cannon and 20mm guns blazing — his torpedos had detonated against the sandy bottom ...

Britain's Imperial War Museum says they killed 7,000 Allied naval personnel in all. Their initial 30% success rate fell to about 8% by mid-1945 ... Zero fighter with a 5-inch (12.7-centimeter ...

While on board, we also witnessed flight operations from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 ... guns, are utilized. “That is a very effective weapon. When you see destroyer on the high seas, with five ...

On their machine, a contact did not show up as a glowing blip in the wake of a sweeping arm on a screen, but as a spike rising from a baseline on the five-inch oscilloscope, like a heartbeat on a ...