The Navy destroyer was sunk in 1942 during World War II, after facing down overwhelming odds and fighting a pitched battle.

In a final act of defiance, Roope ordered the heavily-damaged Glowworm to ram into Admiral Hipper, causing major damage to ...

In the blood-soaked spring of 1945, the Pacific War’s most devastating confrontation unfolded on a small Japanese island, ...

The wreckage of the USS Edsall, an American warship that was sunk during a battle with Japanese forces in World War II, has been discovered ... en route to aid another ship. Historians have ...

The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed ... cited Edsall’s ultimate battle as “the most courageous independent action by a US Navy surface ship in combat,” in a ...

Axis forces laid siege to the island and attacked British supply ships. By 1942 stocks ... on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?

An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle after the attack on ... ones rest in peace,” Kennedy said. The ship’s deftness in avoiding so many shells from ...

Nix's evasive actions to try to save the ship also were commended ... lost in a valiant battle against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early days of World War II," Chief of Naval Operations ...

The US Navy ship USS Edsall, endearingly referred to as the ‘dancing mouse’, which was sunken during World War II, was only now ... downed after an intensive battle with the Imperial Japanese ...

The USS Edsall played a pivotal role in the Allied Pacific campaign in World War II. More than 80 years after sinking in combat, the wreckage of the American warship has been found. The U.S. Navy ...

A Pearl Harbor remembrance event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7, on the USS Iowa in San Pedro.

“The wreck of this ship is a hallowed site ... Meyers (bottom) among Americans who served and died in World War II while fighting in battles around New Guinea and the Philippines.