A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...

A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World War II. Researchers exploring islands off the coast of the Solomon Islands ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went down at the hands of the ...

(FOX40.COM) — A surviving ship from WWII that was used by both Allied and Axis forces in the Pacific and that was given a ceremonial burial at sea has finally been located after more than seven ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

ALBANY, N.Y. — At the historic USS Slater, a bell rang as veterans and families dropped flowers into the water to commemorate National Destroyer Escort Day. The ceremony honored all destroyer escorts ...

In June 1944 during World War II, the American submarine USS Harder and her commander, Sam Dealey, rewrote the rules of undersea warfare in the Pacific. Instead of avoiding enemy escorts, Harder ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — About 30 people aboard the floating museum ship Laffey were left stranded Feb. 26 when the gangway of the World War II-era destroyer collapsed. No one was injured, said Matt Tidwell, ...

Cmdr. Frederick Moosbrugger’s claim to fame was a near-perfect destroyer duel at the Battle of Vella Gulf. (National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances and battles in ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Firefighters in South Carolina were called to an unusual incident in which 30 people were reportedly trapped on a retired military vessel on Thursday. The Mount Pleasant Fire ...