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Photos show the final cruise of the USS Leyte Gulf as the US Navy phases out its cruiser fleet
The guided-missile cruiser returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 17 after three-and…
Lauren Frias
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The deepest shipwreck ever found has been confirmed as a US warship sunk in a pivotal World War II battle
The wreck of US Navy destroyer USS Johnston has been found under 21,180 feet of water off the coast…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Why the biggest battle in naval history was also the last hurrah for the battleship
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a crushing defeat for the Japanese navy, but it was also the last clas…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Intense photos show the WWII Battle of Leyte Gulf - the biggest naval battle of all-time
View of Princeton's after port side and flight deck, seen from the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL…
Daniel Brown
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The Navy's newest aircraft carrier trained to lead defenses against enemy air attack for the first time
"We were controlling the fighter to intercept, escort and if necessary kill the inbound threat airc…
Seaman Riley McDowell, US Navy
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Iran warns US warships are in range of its missiles as 2 destroyers sail into the Persian Gulf
Last week, the US decided to deploy a carrier strike group, a bomber task force, an amphibious land…
Ryan Pickrell
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Intense photos show the USS Enterprise, the decorated WWII aircraft carrier that the Japanese just couldn't sink
In fact, on three separate occasions, the Japanese mistakenly thought they had sunk the Enterprise …
Daniel Brown
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Ron DeSantis keeps talking about blowing up the Bahamas
While on the campaign trail, Ron DeSantis is curiously talking about "flattening" the Bahamas, prom…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The 2 deepest shipwrecks ever found were both sunk during the same pivotal World War II battle
Eighty years after fighting the largest naval battle in history, USS Johnston and USS Samuel B. Rob…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A rout by the US in an air battle around Taiwan led Japan to adopt desperate tactics in World War II's final months
In mid-October 1944, US carrier planes and Japanese aircraft waged a "knock-down, drag-out fight" a…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Eerie photos reveal the deepest known shipwreck of a 'heroic' US destroyer sunk fighting the Japanese navy in World War Two
Explorers found the USS destroyer Samuel B. Roberts in the Philippine Sea. The ship was sunk by a J…
Bethany Dawson
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US battleships fired their guns for the last time 30 years ago. Here's how they dominated the seas for nearly a century.
Aircraft carriers are now the centerpiece of the Navy fleet, but for nearly a century, battleships …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy's recent visit to a vital WWII hub is another sign it's thinking about how to fight in the Pacific
"It was the logistical hub for the invasions in the Philippines, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa …
Christopher Woody
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See inside the historic World War II-era aircraft carrier that was hit by 4 Japanese kamikazes and a torpedo and served in the Vietnam War
Known as "the Fighting I" for its extensive combat history, the ship participated in numerous campa…
Harrison Jacobs
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Here's what Trump, his advisers and the US military were talking about striking after Iran shot down a US drone
The Pentagon reportedly preferred a strike on an Iranian missile boat. The crew would have been ord…
Ryan Pickrell
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2 Planes, 3,000 People: Misery In Typhoon-Hit City
The Philippines, an archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands, is annually buffeted by tropical…