Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with ...

The Japanese battleships’ use of Naval Base Guam’s Apra Harbor, according to the Navy, “sends a clear message of the port’s capacity, capability and readiness to support naval warfighting ...

But it wasn't positively identified as the Edsall until last week. The ship was surprised by Japanese battleships on March 1, 1942, in the Indian Ocean. It was outgunned and already reeling from ...

US Navy “Captain Joshua Nix and his crew fought valiantly, evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers, before being attacked by 26 carrier-dive bombers, taking only one fatal ...

The warship was sunk on March 1, 1942, three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, during an encounter with Japanese battleships and dive bombers. The USS Edsall was a Clemson-class destroyer ...

WITH AN ARMS RACE RAGING IN THE MID-1930s, THE U.S. ALSO START PLANNING VAST BATTLESHIPS TO RIVAL THE JAPANESE AND GERMAN FLEETS. MILITARY ENGINEERING EXPERT MIKE PAVELEC IS EXPLORING THE BIGGEST ...