Taffy 3—consisting of six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts—was there to cover troops storming ...
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought near the Philippines over several days with a number of different engagements. The combined conflict made it the largest naval battle of the Second World War, and ...
The tradition of naming ships in the US Navy goes back to George Washington and the very first frigates, but the process ...
Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other ...
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat.