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’s “dancing mouse” has been located after more than eight decades. The USS Edsall, which was sunk early in World War II while facing down overwhelming odds, was confirmed to be ...

Essentially, the Danzig Crisis was an incident between Poland and the Free City of Danzig (today known as Gdańsk). The Polish government believed it had the right to both station warships across ...

A Navy destroyer that was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II has been discovered, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Monday. The Royal Australian Navy found the USS Edsall at the bottom of the ...

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 USS Edsall served valiantly during World War II, most notably in the early Pacific campaigns,” Hammond said. “She operated alongside Australian war ships protecting our shores and ...

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 ...

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 ...