After the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, aircraft carriers were some of the only remaining American large warships in the Pacific theater. As a result ...
On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after escaping the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku before it ...
During the Philippine Sea battle, Cavalla and Albacore would put those torpedoes to good use by pulling off a major feat: sinking one Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carrier apiece.