Construction of the Washington commenced at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where her keel was laid down on June 14, 1938.

During World War II, a Japanese Navy destroyer called the Teruzuki sank in the Pacific waters near the Solomon Islands. Now, ...

On April 11, 1945, a Kamikaze attack left the USS Missouri scorched but intact - along with the broken body of the pilot who struck her. In a gesture that shocked even the crew, Captain Callahan chose ...

"Even though slated early in my training period to be a photographer, I had to go through the "firing mill" as intensively as ...