Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944. One of the most decisive battles of the Second World War could have ended up very differently. Be glad it didn’t though. Just one Japanese ...

What You Need to Know: Henry Kaiser’s mass-produced Casablanca-class “jeep carriers” became a crucial U.S. Navy asset during WWII. Though smaller and slower than fleet carriers, these escort ...

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 ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...

This solution could not only help submarines sense where they are without risking exposure, but also elevate a tactical ...

An Imperial Japanese Navy base was built in Kushira during World ... Kamikaze departed from many locations in Kyushu, aimed at U.S. ships in waters adjacent to Okinawa. By the end of the war ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

Known as the “dancing mouse” due to its slippery movements in that final, fatal fight with the Imperial Japanese ... up to the U.S. Navy tenet, ‘Don’t give up the ship,’ even when ...