The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers approaching ...

The U.S. Navy later commissioned the Edsall-class destroyer escort ships, with the lead ship entering service in 1943. The Edsall is the latest ship from World War II to be found after decades ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II, the U.S. Navy said Monday that the wreckage of the destroyer USS Edsall has been found at the bottom of Indian Ocean.

The 314-foot destroyer was located largely intact ... at the hands of the Japanese military on March 1, 1942, during World War II. Now, the doomed ship has finally been located, in a happenstance ...

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World War II hero U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone. Appropriately ...

Eight decades after the end of World War II, a Massachusetts museum maintains and operates the massive relics to perpetuate an understanding of democracy — and the sacrifices required to sustain it.

The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II), pride of the Australian navy, has long been a source of pain and bewilderment. In waters off Western Australia in late 1941, following a successful tour in the ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel ... Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships ...