A vintage WW2-era aircraft operated by the Commemorative Air Force has flown from the US to the UK for a series of VE Day ...

A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

At the onset of World War II, the Japanese heavy cruiser Maya represented ... her primary guns and transformed her into a floating anti-aircraft fortress, hoping to counter the relentless aerial ...

according to the National World War II Museum. The United States also lost one carrier (USS Yorktown), one destroyer and 144 aircraft while Japan lost four carriers, one cruiser and hundreds of ...

The Allied and Axis forces lost thousands of ships during World War II, and many of those vessels ... destroying six enemy torpedo planes with anti-aircraft fire. Afterward, she remained in ...

The presence of a car onboard an aircraft carrier is very unusual, especially one about to enter into battle. The Battle of Midway was a decisive win for the U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II ...

Bill White was the only local WW2 veteran left to attend ... He explained a light cruiser’s role was to escort larger ships, like aircraft carriers or freighters, and protect them from enemy ...

Gisborne World War II veteran, sailor Ken Gordon ... Gordon, a No 2 gunner on an Oerlikon twin-barrel 22mm anti-aircraft gun, said combat was an adrenaline-packed experience with exhilaration ...

Truman aircraft carrier ... the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 after ships earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched ...

Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly, anti ... aircraft carrier to remain in the Red Sea for an extended time, as U.S. warships waged the most intense running sea battle since World War II.