By far the **best American fighter** in operational service in 1939, and by far the **shiniest aircraft** on this list, the * ...

In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history ...

Plan Z promised Germany naval dominance, but war arrived too soon. As battleships like Bismarck and Tirpitz took shape, ...

World War II Navy veteran Harsel Durham served aboard the USS Richmond and fought in the Battle of Komandorski — Retired ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

The USS Texas has endured a lot since it was commissioned in 1914, and 2026 will see it on display in refurbished condition ...

The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, again has become a focus of tensions as Iran prepares to launch a ...

President Trump has proposed a costly and dangerous initiative to build a new fleet of battleships, the "Trump Class", which ...

Since President Donald Trump announced last month that the United States Navy's planned "Golden Fleet" would include a new class of battleships, critics have cited numerous reasons why the warships ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield.