The Portland-class USS Indianapolis played an essential role in the outcome of World War II, being the ship that delivered components for the atomic bombs. As the flagship of the U.S. Fifth Fleet ...

The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed one of the bravest ever stands by a US Navy vessel has been ...

At the start of the war, German U-boats began to destroy merchant ships in the Atlantic and the British Government needed to ...

Born March 12, 1914, Lt. Richard W. Meyers graduated from the Naval academy in 1936 and joined the USS Edsall in the late ...

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said.

The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have been identified on the Atlantic seabed. Shipwreck-hunter David Mearns says sonar data shows the transatlantic passenger liner ...