On the stormy night of November 13, 1942, the Japanese battleship Hiei raced toward Guadalcanal, leading a troop convoy intended to reclaim the island from Allied forces. Confident of success, Vice ...

The battleship Hiei was discovered at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in January by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s expedition team aboard research ship R/V Petrel. For decades ...

The battleship Hiei was discovered at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in January by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s expedition team aboard research ship R/V Petrel.

An Imperial Japenese Navy ship, the battleship Hiei, which sank on November 14, 1942, has been discovered. The Hiei was one of the first Japanese ships sunk by the U.S. during World War II.

Japanese battleship blew up under water, footage suggests By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Mar 13, 2015 Buy Now ...

However, World War II offers some experience; the German battleship Bismarck underwent an even more vicious storm of fire and steel, and the Japanese battleship Hiei suffered something similar.

When the Japanese opened up on South Dakota, however, they revealed their position to USS Washington, which took the opportunity to hammer HIJMS Kirishima with her 16” and 5” guns.

USS Sealion at sea in 1945. US Navy USS Sealion was a Balao-class submarine commissioned in March 1944. The sub and its crew quickly became battle-tested. Its first war patrol began on June 8 ...