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Two mock torpedo launches went smoothly. But upon the third firing command at 2:36 PM, a 24-foot-long Mark 15 torpedo lept from the Porter...
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Two mock torpedo launches went smoothly. But upon the third firing command at 2:36 PM, a 24-foot-long Mark 15 torpedo lept from the Porter...
The British press has noted that the crew onboard the Chuan 68 is well known as illegal scavengers, and this has been seen as...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
While most of Essex-class vessels were decommissioned in the 1970s, the last still in service, the USS Lexington, remained active as a training ship until 1991.
The resulting conflict might just wall have resulted in even greater destruction and loss of life than the version of World War II recorded...
Hyūga almost became the last aircraft carrier to be sunk from enemy fire as well. However, just a day later, on July 29, the...
While smaller and slower than the “fleet” aircraft carriers employed by the United States Navy during World War II, the escort carrier – also...
USS California: Attacked At Pearl Harbor But Made an Amazing Comeback – There was no shortage of “heroes” on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, and...
Since I’ve written about both American and Japanese WWII dive bombers – the Douglas SBD Dauntless and Aichi D3A “Val” respectively” – on behalf...
Among the vessels lost during the war was the Imperial Japanese Navy's Shinano, the largest carrier built during the Second World War.