Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However ...

The U.S. Navy was the only power whose battleships ever fired their guns in anger after 1945, but the role those warships played in World War II simply can’t be overstated.

The escort may have taken a hit or two from a Japanese battleship, but its main event was a one-on-one duel with the battleship Kongo until 9 a.m., when the latter struck it with two or three 14 ...

The war was over. Japan had surrendered on August 15. There was no need for any more violence in the Pacific Ocean. But on August 21, a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was ...

The Battleship South Dakota Memorial Foundation board is inviting the public to celebrate the first USS South Dakota Day of Honor this weekend at Battleship South Dakota Memorial. The celebration ...

A Chinese junk and an World War I-era U.S. Navy armored cruiser in Chinese waters. (Naval History and Heritage Command) Swentzel and Pittman spotted another junk in the distance on the morning of ...

This 12-Year-Old Boy Fought on a World War II Battleship and Became the Nation’s Youngest Decorated War Hero In 1942, young Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle, before his worried ...

Wreckage of a World War II German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia Aug. 18, 2022. Fedja Grulovic/Reuters MORE: 'Spanish Stonehenge' has reemerged amid Europe's sizzling drought ...

It also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. The hulks of dozens of German battleships have emerged from the mighty Danube River as its water levels dropped.

The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship. Jon Guttman. Fri, ... Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S.

The escort may have taken a hit or two from a Japanese battleship, but its main event was a one-on-one duel with the battleship Kongo until 9 a.m., when the latter struck it with two or three 14 ...