Yukikaze, the legendary Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, earned her reputation as the “Blessed Ship” by surviving nearly every major Pacific battle, including Midway, Santa Cruz, ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...

As dawn painted the Pacific red, the heavy cruiser Maya prowled the seas as a symbol of Imperial Japan’s naval dominance. In ...

There would be no resupply or reinforcements able to reach him because of the earlier defeat at the naval battle of Leyte Gulf.

The ship participated in several subsequent battles, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa, before undergoing repairs and concluding its active service.

The World War II battle for Leyte Gulf was the "greatest naval battle of all time," according to Historian Samuel Eliot Morison* and to 16-year-old Bill Frazer the sea fight seemed a fine ...

This gulf was the site of the historic Battle of Leyte Gulf, regarded as the largest naval battle in history during World War II.