The U.S. warship was sunk by a Japanese submarine in July 1945. It delivered parts for the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima. Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine ...

A Second World War heavy cruiser has been found in the Pacific Ocean more than 70 years after it was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The USS Indianapolis, which remains the US navy's single worst loss ...

Summary and Key Points: The Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, although less famous than Iowa-class battleships, played a key role in World War II by protecting U.S. Navy carrier groups and bombarding ...

The World War Two heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis has been found in the Pacific Ocean, 72 years after its sinking by a Japanese submarine. The warship was discovered 18,000 feet (5.5km) beneath the ...

Recent expeditions have found the wrecks of US Navy ships USS Johnston and USS Samuel B. Roberts. Both ships were sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a pivotal World War II clash in the Pacific. Now ...

Explorers have discovered the world’s deepest shipwreck after 78 years: a U.S. Navy destroyer escort that sank during World War II’s biggest naval battle. The explorers found the U.S.S. Samuel B.

Here’s What You Need to Know: Only USS Missouri remained operational when the Korean War began, so the other three battleships had to be reactivated and updated. In the final months of the Second ...