What would happen if a modern U.S. supercarrier faced the entire Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II? This thought experiment breaks down the technological gap, firepower, and strategic factors ...

Modern U.S. supercarriers are packed with advanced technology, but could one take on the entire Imperial Japanese Navy from World War II? This analysis compares firepower, strategy, and ...

U.S. Navy sailors man the rails as the guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on March 23, 2012, for a deployment to the Western Pacific.

Like most veterans, he said, his grandfather did not speak openly about the war or his wartime experiences. As a lifelong collector with an appreciation for the past, Stein was in the process of ...

On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: "It's a miracle." ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.