Operation Ten Go, the final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to affect the outcome of the Pacific War, is well known for ...

The sky became a lethal theater as suicide pilots dove toward Allied ships, targeting the storied battleship USS Idaho, known affectionately as the Big Spud. In a coordinated attack, five kamikaze ...

When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its ...

A fragment of a silk scarf and a button worn by the kamikaze pilot of a Japanese zero plane that rammed into the USS Missouri ...

USS Nevada is famous for being “the only battleship able to get underway during the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor Raid,” Naval History and Heritage Command says. Japanese aircraft targeted the ...

Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne visited the Idaho Statesman office in March 2024 to talk about the USS Idaho, for which he is the chairman of the Commissioning Committee Advisory Board.

Now, the 680-foot ship rests in Mobile, Alabama, as the star attraction of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. The park also features the USS Drum – a WWII submarine – tanks, aircraft ...

The battleship USS Nevada is in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, 1935. (U.S. Navy) Galle worked in the engine room of the craft and said it was a wise decision to keep both boilers ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New ...