Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

The Philadelphia Experiment is a purported naval incident that spawned a movie of the same name. While there's no proof of it ...

On April 8, 1943, the Douglas BTD Destroyer made its first flight-an ambitious World War II design aimed at replacing the SBD ...

A look at the sheer scale, history, and evolution of 10 of the biggest military submarines ever made, from early experiments ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...