If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944. One of the world’s largest and most advanced battleships was discovered this ...

The ship is named after the 1944 World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea, the largest naval battle in history. The ship returned from its last deployment in May, after months ...

And here's a view directly on top of either the Fusō or Yamashiro as it's bombed by US aircraft from above, some of which were launched by the famed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

The World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf, a decisive Allied victory that decimated the Japanese Navy, began on Oct. 23 74 years ago. And it's considered to be the largest naval battle of all-time.

As the U.S. Navy faces the return of great power competition, especially with China's maritime rise, it must overcome decades ...

(MC2 Charlotte Dudenhoeffer/U.S. Navy) The Navy is keeping three cruisers ... the service decommissioned three cruisers in recent months: the Leyte Gulf, the Cowpens, and the Antietam.

I SHALL RETURN” is arguably the most memorable and historic wartime promise made by a military leader. Uttered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Australia after he escaped the Japanese troops in the ...