A new DDG 129 Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer was just christened. The USS Jeremiah Denton was named after United States ...

When the first Star Wars movie — not yet called Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope — premiered in 1977, fans were introduced to one of the most iconic ships in the history of science fiction ...

Leyte Gulf was the focus of “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” (2004), the book that cemented James D. Hornfischer’s reputation as one of the master storytellers of World War II history.

Destroyer of Worlds Frank Close (Allen Lane (UK); Basic Books (US)) When particle physicist and University of Oxford professor emeritus Frank Close learned he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2023 ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has repaired its damaged second destroyer and launched it into the water in the presence of leader Kim Jong Un. Today in History: June 28 ...

The Canadian Destroyer would be used by many others over the years. The story of the Canadian Destroyer's creation is one that underscores the innovative spirit of professional wrestling.

The Navy destroyer USS Carl M. Levin arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii for its homecoming with a brand-new battle flag flying from its mast.

In 2007, Roy Andersen wrote a book about the ship’s wartime service titled “Three Minutes Off Okinawa.” He died in 2014 at age 94, his son said.

A year and a half before President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, his life was put in peril on Nov. 14, 1943, all because of a torpedo inadvertently ...

A book with records of a U.S. Navy destroyer's trips during World War II was found in a piece of furniture far from the now-sunken ship.

After delays due to the coronavirus pandemic and a worker strike, production of destroyer ships at Bath Iron Works is throttling back up, a top Navy official said Monday.