On November 20, 1941, the HMAS Sydney, a powerful Australian light cruiser, was expected to return to Fremantle—but it never arrived. Days later, search teams found survivors, not from Sydney, but ...

The origins of the Land Cruiser stretch back to early World War II, when the Japanese military ... that less than 1,200 were sold in the United States. Available only in black metallic or ...

An expedition crew led by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen found the famous USS Juneau, where the five Sullivan brothers perished during WWII, 4,200 meters below the surface on the floor of the ...

With the end of the Civil War in sight, and just six weeks before his assassination, Lincoln declared: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the fight as God gives us ...

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an ...

The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to ...

It turns out Europe’s favorite American import isn’t fast food or Netflix. It’s missiles, and Europe needs to start making ...

Owning a cruiser in the UK is ... introduced as a US-style ‘bobber’ take on the Bonneville roadster, complete with chopped down, post-WW2 styling, proved inspired and was an immediate hit.

You cannot visit the USS Indianapolis — it’s at the bottom of the Philippine Sea — but you can visit a 13-foot scale model at ...

A report details how China in two decades has grown to be the dominant global player in shipbuilding, dwarfing the U.S., which now has only 0.1% of the global market ...

Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace ... The invasion force was escorted by the heavy cruisers Aoba, Furutaka, Kinugasa and Kako, and the light carrier Shoho. Fleet carriers Shokaku ...