USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon ...

The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...

Dive into the fascinating history of Japan’s secret WWII project: the I-400 class underwater aircraft carriers. Designed to strike fear into the heart of the United States with surprise attacks ...

A World War II era U.S. aircraft carrier that sank in the Pacific over 80 years ago is now at the heart of a new automotive mystery, the Daily Mail reported. During a recent expedition to the iconic ...

The Guadalcanal campaign was one of the fiercest and longest battles in the Pacific, exacting heavy losses on both American and Japanese forces. Although the island seemed minor, its Henderson ...

"Secret Warriors" by R.A. Shiomi explores the impact Japanese Americans had as interpreters for the U.S. Military during WWII. Across the jungles and inlets of the Pacific theater during World War ...

"What better way to begin your museum experience than to look at this World War II plane ... off and landed on the aircraft carrier as it was deployed to battle Japanese fighters through the ...

NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture--Wreckage of a wartime Japanese aircraft salvaged from the ... suicide missions in the waning days of World War II. It was found roughly 300 meters off Cape ...

A US aircraft carrier from World War II, which sunk to the bottom of the Pacific over 80 years ago, is now at the center of ...