In May 1941, the German Kriegsmarine launched Operation Rheinübung, a breakout into the Atlantic. The newly commissioned battleship Bismarck, alongside the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, set sail from ...

After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, both sides took heavy casualties but neither could claim full control. No side ...

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

Overcast skies gripped Tokyo Bay on an early September morning 80 years ago. Naval ships anchored in the harbor rocked ever slightly as officials representing the United States and Japan gathered on ...

As naval warfare reemerges as a key strategy in the US war with Iran, World War II museum ships are finding new relevance.

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in ...

Less than one percent of Americans who served during World War II are still alive today, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. One of those veterans is here in Wilmington, and he ...

Battleships once ruled the seas, but they have since been replaced by aircraft carriers. The idea of returning to this paradigm has military experts concerned.

World Of Warships is a free-to-play naval action MMO based on sea battles of the 20th century that complete the "World of" war trilogy. Keeping with the best traditions of the series, World of ...