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 USS Lexington sailors from the water during the Battle of the Coral Sea and ...

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 Battle of Leyte Gulf was a series of naval skirmishes between Oct. 23 and 26, culminating in the Battle off Samar in which the Americans played the role of the biblical underdog David in an ...

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.

Then the men marched up the ramps of waiting LCIs. Before dawn of the 7th, the 225-mile end run from Leyte Gulf through Surigao Strait and up into the Camotes Sea, had been completed.