Restoration efforts of the Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) were completed earlier this year. At the same time, progress continues to be made on the New York-class battleship USS Texas ...
The United States Navy has developed over 1,000 ... One hundred and seventy-five Fletcher-class destroyers were built during the war. The design was commonly held to be a success, offering an ...
Kidd Sr., who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Arizona, this Fletcher-class destroyer is considered one of the world's most authentically restored vessels ...
Compared to the Fletcher class destroyer with its five 5-inch dual-purpose guns and 10 Mark 15 19-inch torpedoes in two rows of torpedo tubes, Roberts had only two 5-inch gun turrets and a single ...
Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...
China’s Type 055 is one of the largest warships in the world, but in the simulation the US fleet boasted eight Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Accompanying the Type 055, two unmanned mother ...
Many acts of heroism followed, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Roberts. Roberts was meant to escort convoys and fight submarines, not engage enemy warships. Compared to the ...