Explore the captivating story of the Yamato battleships, Japan’s formidable naval superweapons during World War II. This ...

The USS Edsall, an American warship known for its crew's courageous last stand against Japanese forces during World War II, has been found. The U.S. Navy announced the discovery on Monday. The ...

And now the wreckage of a Japanese World War II battleship has been found after decades underwater. Here's NPR's Sam Sanders. SAM SANDERS, BYLINE: It was October 24, 1944. Japanese and American troops ...

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century ...

More than 80 years after it was sunk by Japanese forces during World War II, the U.S. Navy said Monday that the wreckage of the destroyer USS Edsall has been found at the bottom of Indian Ocean. A ...

The 21st century battleships would be as different from the Iowa-class battleships of World War II as those warships were ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep... The USS Edsall, an American warship known for its ...