Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

Only the largest U.S. Navy ships – battleships, heavy cruisers, anti-aircraft cruisers, and aircraft carriers – that were sunk in WWII are included, ordered by when they were sunk.

As a light cruiser, the armaments on these vessels tended to be lower caliber compared to heavy cruisers or even battleships. [in-text-ad] ...

Ultra-high resolution visual and sonar data was also collected on the vessels: heavy cruisers Vincennes, Astoria, Quincy and Northampton; destroyers Laffey, DeHaven, Preston and Walke; Royal ...

Across the Atlantic, the hunt for the German warship Admiral Graf Spee had stretched the resolve of the Allied forces to its breaking point. This ship had been wreaking havoc on Allied supply routes ...

Summary: The Albany-class guided missile cruisers, originating from the World War II-era Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, represented a significant transition in naval warfare towards missile ...

As explained by the National World War II museum, “Due to the uniqueness of the Alaska-class design, these ships were not classified “CA” as typical for heavy cruisers, but instead “CB ...

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.