In a battle that pits the might of the 1940s Bismarck battleship against a modern-day destroyer, how would this legendary German warship hold up in today’s advanced naval warfare? The Bismarck, one of ...

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.

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.

The naval destroyer USS Borie sinks in the North Atlantic on Nov. 2, 1943, after being heavily damaged in a battle with a German submarine, U-405, the previous day.

General Dynamics ’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary has received a potential $181.9 million contract modification to continue providing planning yard services for the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh ...

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.