An 81-year-old Navy Douglas Skytrain, affectionately named "Ready 4 Duty," is set to soar once again, thanks to a meticulous restoration by t ...

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 ...

In November 1944, U.S. Navy gunner Loyce Deen became the only American airman in history to be buried at sea in his aircraft. After being killed during a bombing run in the Pacific, his body was ...

Summary and Key Points: Escort carriers, also known as "Jeep Carriers," were smaller, lightly armored WWII aircraft carriers built quickly to support larger naval operations. -The U.S. Navy ...

This article was inspired by a Dark Seas MSN channel video titled “Operation Barney – Submarines Sent for Pearl Harbor Revenge.” However, both the video’s title and its textual caption are ...

The US Navy's next aircraft carrier is almost finished but faces challenges with its elevators, among other technology. The advanced weapons elevators were previously an issue on the first-in ...

dwindling aircraft capabilities and improved U.S. defenses. Some 4,000 pilots died on suicide missions, about 2,500 navy and more than 1,400 army, most of them university students drafted in late ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...