For three hours the Porter’s crew attempted to save the listing destroyer (photo here) before the order to abandon ship was given. Patriotic action movies would have you believe military units ...

The Navy commissioned its newest guided-missile destroyer, the Jack H. Lucas, in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday. The ship is named after Marine Corps Pfc. Jacklyn “Jack” Harold Lucas, the youngest Marine ...

Maritime experts on an expedition around the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific recently explored the wreckage of the USS Laffey, a destroyer sunk during a pivotal series of battles in World War II.

A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately sunk ...