In November 1942, during one of the most perilous clashes in the Pacific, a small American naval force charged into battle ...

For Stephen Reagan, Wednesday was a day Reagan has anticipated since first hearing of Ernest E. Evans. “Evans had never been honored in his hometown of Muskogee, and that is why the Ernest E. Evans ...

A NOAA Ocean Exploration crew is on a weeks-long mission researching the iconic USS Yorktown, an U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank in the Pacific Ocean ...

A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

The USS Kidd has made its home in Baton Rouge since 1982 as the only World War II Fletcher-class destroyer preserved in its wartime configuration. Last spring, the ship was floated down to the ...

USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon ...

or WAVES -- Alleta christened the USS The Sullivans, a Fletcher-class destroyer. Alleta remained an especially poignant symbol of what military families sacrifice during wartime. It was not ...

A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously torpedoed ... One is that it might have been Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher's flag car as the Yorktown served as his flagship ...

Six months after Pearl Harbor (June 1942), the U.S. Navy faced off against the Japanese fleet again at the Battle of Midway.

The USS Kidd is a Fletcher-class destroyer preserved in its 1945 configuration. It offers tours showcasing the vessel’s original condition, from crew quarters to engines. The Cruiser Olympia served in ...