At the start of WWII, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s aircraft carriers were among the most powerful tools of war in the Pacific ...

The Casablanca-class escort carriers were America’s secret weapon in WWII, a fleet of 50 “jeep carriers” mass-produced with ...

A Famous Japanese Aircraft Carrier Sunk During WWII Has Finally Been Captured on Film Underwater for 81 years, the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi was one of the most powerful warships of its time.

The aircraft carrier played an important role in the Pacific, notably at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a key American victory that signaled the demise of the Japanese Navy.

Retropolis On a sunken WWII aircraft carrier, experts find a mural, wrecked planes and a station wagon Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the ...

Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found Newly released close-up videos and images of three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the Battle of Midway are reviving haunting memories for ...

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway.

One of the Japanese warships bears the name of a World War II-era carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Tatsukuma Ueno, 97, a former Japanese army pilot, took the stage at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo to ...

Discover the 5 most powerful navies in history. From ancient fleets to modern superpowers - naval dominance that shaped world ...

During World War II, Japan had a bit of a shortage of aircraft carriers. The Japanese sent four of its carriers to attack the U.S. base on Midway in 1942, initiating the famed Battle of Midway ...

Aircraft carriers are the premiere warships used by blue water navies around the world, and it's been that way since World War II. After the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on ...