The wreckage of the U.S. destroyer USS Edsall, sunk by Japanese forces more than 80 years ago during World War II, has been ...

When should you hazard pricey, hard-to-replace capital ships in battle? That question has vexed wartime naval commanders as ...

Japan faced insurmountable odds in WWII against the U.S. due to America's industrial and military supremacy. However, Japan ...

The Montana-class battleships, authorized in 1941 but never built, were intended to be the last of their kind for the U.S.

The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as the worst aircraft ...

Other prominent maritime theories/theorists include La Jeune École, John and Philip Colomb, Herbert Richmond, and Hyman G.

Distraught by the momentary success of the Japanese fleet, Nimitz sent Halsey one ... In the early stages of the war, the Imperial Japanese Navy was significantly underestimated by U.S. military ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy lagged far behind its U.S. counterpart ... Soemu Toyoda, commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, before the mission was carried out, "Among the crew are ...

leading to its sinking by the U.S. Navy to prevent enemy capture. Years later, the Imperial Japanese Navy resurrected the item for their fleet.

The 6th Fleet was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) that during World War II, had primary responsibility for the command of submarine operations.