The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

Since the founding of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in 1900, 66 submarines have been lost in service to both combat and ...

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

A reception took place at the USS Battleship Missouri, where Japan officially surrendered to the United States in 1945, marking the end of World War II.

The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s rapid shift from big-gun battles to carrier-led warfare. -As Coral Sea and Midway proved ...

A stunning parade of ships can be viewed Oct. 9 from the banks of the Delaware River in Historic Old New Castle's Battery Park off Delaware Street. The maritime procession of Navy ships and other ...

Last week, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer arrived in the Caribbean after passing through the Panama Canal and is now supporting US anti-narcotics operations. During those engagements ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

Ensign Kendall Hill, from Beaumont, Texas, speaks with sailors from the Japan Coast Guard during a tour aboard the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), while ...