An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in ... evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers, before being attacked by 26 carrier-dive bombers, taking only one ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

At 2:00am on August 9, 1942, the USS Astoria was struck by unexpected shellfire while guarding supply ships vital to the ...

The wreckage of the USS Edsall, an American warship that was sunk during a battle with Japanese forces in World War II, has been discovered ... encounter with Japanese battleships and dive bombers.

The ship was surprised by Japanese battleships on March 1 ... against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early days of World War II. The commanding officer of Edsall lived up to the U.S. Navy ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy, which attacked America on December 7, 1941, dragging the country into WWII was arguably the strongest on the planet. It consisted of 10 battleships; 10 aircraft ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S. Third Fleet, which in turn lost its light carrier Princeton.

Naval History and Heritage Command The USS Harder was prolific during World War II, sinking the highest number of Japanese warships of any American submarine during the conflict. But on August 24 ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II, the U.S. Navy said Monday ... evading 1,400 shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers before being attacked by ...

Alongside @CN_Australia, Ambassador Kennedy thanks the @Australian_Navy for discovering USS Edsall, sunk off the coast of Australia during WWII ... shells from Japanese battleships and cruisers ...