November 1944. In the shadow of the Philippines, USS Sea Lion II detected the Imperial Japanese Navy’s pride, Battleship ...

Summary and Key Points: “The Great War of Archimedes” presents a fictionalized account of the political maneuvers behind the construction of the Japanese battleship Yamato, a symbol of Japan’s naval ...

June 1944. In the skies above the Philippine Sea, the largest aircraft carrier battle in history erupts. Twenty-four carriers ...

Servicemembers assigned to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) made a brief mission stop, March 20, near Ulithi Atoll, part of the Caroline Islands in the Federated States of ...

On this day in history, June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway — regarded as one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan — came to an end. The Battle of Midway was an Allied naval ...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway, has once again been glimpsed by human eyes. The once mighty aircraft carrier, a participant in the early naval battles of World War ...

The construction of a new exhibition hall has started in this western Japan town to preserve the only remaining ...

Summary: Speculative discussions on using atomic bombs against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) suggest that, under ideal conditions, such an attack could have significantly damaged the IJN’s ...

Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (U.S. Navy ...

A Japanese helicopter destroyer, which bears the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, visited the Hawaiian harbor on Tuesday. Newsweek ...