Taffy 3—consisting of six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts—was there to cover troops storming ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: But that victory was paid for with extraordinary acts of sacrifice, with two escort carriers, two destroyers and destroyer escort consigned to the deep waters of the ...

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Ernest E. Evans was a true hero. Like John Paul Jones, he led his ship into harm's way, and he fought her until she was dead in the water with all her guns knocked out ("World War II hero's bravery: ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For only the second time in history, enemy battleships had managed to close within gun-range of aircraft carriers. But in the Battle of Samar, nothing went as ...

The Yamato, the most powerful battleship ever built, was the flagship of the Japanese fleet at the pivotal Battle of Midway.

When I was 9 years old, Mom and Dad took me to visit the battleship U.S.S. Alabama. That visit to the “Lucky A” made quite the impression on me. Since then, I’ve read a lot about battleships in ...