In the 1930s, Japan’s naval engineers set out to build the most powerful warship ever conceived. The result was the ...

The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members. But what exactly is it? And why 21 shots? In military tradition, "guns" ...

Navies have always been important components of geopolitical power. From the ancient armadas of the Egyptians and the Greeks to the modern fleets of the British and the Americans, the might of a ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

The historian’s attention to detail was clear from the date range of his 744-page first volume, The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649. The intervening book, The Command of the ...