Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship ... down American torpedo bombers”, the WW2 Database website says.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

USA, Oita Prefecture--The last moments of Japan’s mammoth battleship Yamato were captured in extremely rare color footage taken from U.S. military aircraft in World War II, a war-history group said.

Japan’s acquisition of the ASEV destroyers will allow it to be a more proactive bulwark against Chinese aggression. Subsequent to its defeat in World War II, Japan adopted the so-called ...

PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 17, (Via Fu-San.) -- Following is an account of the condition of the Russian ships: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The ship sank off Cape Bonomisaki on Kagoshima's Satsuma Peninsula at 2:23 p.m. on April 7, 1945, with only 276 of the 3,332 ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...