In December 1942, after a year of a raging Pacific war, endless Allied warships arrived for repairs off Sydney Harbor. Some ...

As the battle intensifies, waves of American torpedo bombers and dive bombers from Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown launch an assault against the heart of the Japanese carrier fleet. Kaga, Akagi, and ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces ...

A former Navy secretary tells of how he helped shape our Navy into the fighting force it is today, and about its beginnings ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

1846: U.S. Marines and Navy sailors take possession of San Diego during the early months of the Mexican-American War. Two ...

World War II veteran John "Jack" Cowell celebrated his 101st birthday on Tuesday by saluting his comrades in arms. Literally.

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

The first USS Utah was lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and no other ship was named for the Copper State until Saturday’s ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

IT IS A 20 MILE WIDE STRETCH OF WATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC’S SOLOMON ISLAND CHAIN, KNOWN AS IRONBOTTOM SOUND. IRONBOTTOM SOUND WAS THE SITE OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL NAVAL BATTLES, ACTUALLY ...

A Russian diesel-electric submarine, The Novorossiysk, is being trailed through the North Sea by NATO ships, sparking headlines about a “crippled” vessel and “embarrassment for Moscow.” But is it ...