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World War Two has had a vast array of warships on both sides, but one class of ships was faster than the rest and one ship ...
During World War II, a Japanese Navy destroyer called the Teruzuki sank in the Pacific waters near the Solomon Islands. Now, ...
Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...
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The Incredible Story of the USS Washington
A marvel of engineering in its day, the USS Washington blended heavy armor with impressive speed. She was truly a “fast battleship” capable of keeping pace with carrier task forces. Her displacement ...
These are the USS Kidd (DD-661), the only Fletcher-class destroyer in its original World War II configuration, and DD-661’s sister warship USS The Sullivans (DD-537). Though 175 of the class ...
Steel made before World War II is now known as "low-background steel" and is ... A 2017 report from The Guardian notes that warships containing the corpses of 4,500 troops may have been destroyed ...