The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...

USS Alaska, the mighty American cruiser designed to hunt down German commerce raiders, surged through the frigid Atlantic to ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.

During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.

A REMOTE paradise island, littered with abandoned World War II wrecks, has become a popular destination for dark tourists.

The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

The U.S. Navy’s WWII-era Alaska-class ships were unique and powerful warships, essentially a hybrid of a battlecruiser and a ...

The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America has selected a seasoned manufacturing executive to ...