A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... Still, the crew of No. 2 aft gun turret fired off six more shells at the enemy before leaving their post.

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... carried a crew of 2.399 and sever aircraft. Armaments: Nine 18in guns with a ...

Back when Battleship North Carolina was commissioned ... in more than a dozen offensives in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The ship was decommissioned in 1947 and was going to be sent ...

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...

"She made six war patrols, sank 13 enemy ships, and rescued seven downed American ... which built 28 submarines during World War II. In 1986, the USS Cobia was designated as a National Historic ...