Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

Escort carriers, also known as “Jeep Carriers,” were smaller, lightly armored WWII aircraft carriers built quickly to support ...

It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

In 1933, a Navy Reserve Squadron in New York asked Walt Disney's company to develop an insignia for the military unit. What Disney devised was an image of Mickey Mouse riding a goose, with a Navy ...

The exhibit brings history of the legendary aircraft carrier U.S.S. Intrepid to life by also letting visitors hear firsthand stories from crew members themselves. The Intrepid Museum's aircraft ...

McCall was escorting the aircraft carrier Enterprise toward Wake ... For the first time in the war, U.S. Navy destroyers were not escorting cruisers, giving them independence to work out their ...