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

The StuG III, or Sturmgeschütz III, was the most produced German armored fighting vehicle in WWII. It could penetrate the front armor of tanks like the KV-1. The powerful tank destroyer and its ...

The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship that delivered components for the atomic bombs. As the flagship of the U.S. Fifth Fleet ...

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

To identify the most decorated ships of World War II, 24/7 Wall St. consulted Official Military Ribbons, an online database of WWII ships and their decorations. The ranking is based on how many ...

The wreckage of a US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk by enemy forces. The USS Harder ...

The Navy is about to name a ship in honor of Omaha’s World War II “Hero of the Solomons ... that one of the next new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG 142) will be named for Petty ...

A research paper, published in Geoscience Data Journal, tells the story of the recovery of World War II weather data that comes from 19 US Navy ships. Its rescue was made possible thanks to the ...

The source noted that Lider-class destroyers will have the capacity to carry over 100 Zirkon, Kalibr, or Oniks missiles MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Russia plans to build two Lider-class nuclear ...