During World War II, the United States displayed an impressive naval fleet, with numerous ships playing critical roles in the conflict. Among them, a select few distinguished themselves as the most ...

Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr.

By the end of World War II, advancements in military technology rendered traditional battleship guns less decisive. In ...

American shipyards today cannot handle the Navy’s peacetime demands. They certainly could not handle wartime conditions.

She said sailors are watching their attacks and analyzing the data as ships respond ... that the Navy said was the most intense running sea battle since World War II. F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship ... It was during the bitter World War II Battle of Okinawa that the courage of Richard McCool would be on full display. Aptly dubbed the “Typhoon ...