The ship came under attack from the Allied forces, which crippled its rudder. The Imperial Japanese Navy then scuttled the Hiei and it was left to sink. The leisure boat operator repaired the ...

The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship ... and firepower, the Japanese destroyed the ship in 1941. The Missouri served in ...

It was a Japanese ship. The American and Chinese forces ... In less than an hour, they had won the last naval battle of World War II. The Americans had ended the war with the brand new ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with much of its naval forces destroyed as the Americans reconquered Japan's newly acquired islands. One way the Japanese decided to counter the ...

The United States Navy (USN) entered World War II when Japanese aircraft battered its fleet of old, slow battleships at Pearl Harbor. Fortunately, newer, faster ships would soon enter service ...