On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s Center Force, including the massive battleship Musashi, sailed into the Sibuyan Sea aiming to ...

Conceived in secrecy and built to dominate any naval battle, Yamato embodied Japan’s decisive battle doctrine. Armed with ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

UPPER PROVIDENCE — On Sept. 2, 1945, a 19-year-old Ed Buffman was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for one of the most important events of World War II, the Signing of the Surrender, putting an ...

James is a writer for GameRant. He fell in love with video games as a child and has yet to recover. He is still obsessed with Ocarina Of Time and regularly lectures people on how Metal Gear Solid ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The names of Japanese sailors who went down with the Yamato — once the largest battleship afloat during World War II — will be added to a memorial commemorating the Battle of ...

Renowned Japanese manga and anime creator Leiji Matsumoto died of heart failure on February 13. He was 85. News of Matsumoto’s passing was announced by his company Studio Leijisha. Born Akira ...