You’ll spot it first from the Ben Franklin Bridge: a massive gray beast on the Camden banks. The USS New Jersey sailed four ...

In February 1944, Iowa joined Operation Hailstone – the attack on Japan’s fortress harbor at Truk Lagoon. While carriers ...

Wreckage of what is likely 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe ‘Woody,’ in the hangar deck of USS Yorktown. (Courtesy of NOAA Ocean ...

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Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used in a live-fire exercise off the western coast of the Philippines as part ...

The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never entered service. Reports from Japan ...

Truman aircraft carrier and fell overboard, the Navy announced Monday. The F/A-18E was being towed by a tractor in the hangar bay when the move crew “lost control” of the aircraft, according ...

In this video, we tell the remarkable story of the USS Hornet, one of WWII’s most decorated aircraft carriers ... role in shaping the outcome of World War II, from high-stakes air combat ...

The F6F Hellcat replaced the Wildcat and was designed to match the Japanese ... carrier-based fighter during the second half of World War II. The F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that ...

During World War II, the Japanese Imperial Navy managed to take down U.S. carriers in the Pacific with bombers. This includes the USS Hornet back in 1942 – the last time a US aircraft carrier ...

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