On the night of March 26, 1941, six Italian naval commandos launched a daring raid against the heavily defended Allied anchorage at Souda Bay, Crete. Slipping past patrols, searchlights, and three ...

Summary and Key Points: The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, although less famous than Iowa-class battleships, played a key role in World War II by protecting U.S. Navy carrier groups and bombarding ...

The Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire (left) and Australia (right), with a U.S. heavy cruiser, photographed through a ring gun sight aboard the cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte on Oct. 21, 1944. (Navy ...

At dawn on October 25, 1944, the U.S. Navy escort-carrier group “Taffy 3” sighted the Imperial Japanese Navy’s remaining battleship fleet approaching from the northern horizon off Samar—four ...

Herewith is a summary of the five naval battles which have been fought off the Solomons since the initial attack on Tulagi: Battle of Savo Island. On the night of Aug. 8-9, the Japs caught a U.S.