U.S. Navy Reserve Seaman 2nd Class Jerome M. Mullaney, 18, was assigned to the destroyer USS Glennon in the summer of 1944.

A US Navy destroyer sunk during World War II with a renowned hero captain at the helm has finally been reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive, an exploration team says. Eerie footage ...

WILLIAM C. RAY, GERMAN DESTROYER LOSSES IN WORLD WAR II, Warship International, Vol. 2, No. 3/4 (MARCH/APRIL 1965), pp. 69-73 ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

The destroyer was commissioned in 1943 and later decommissioned in 1965. Earning 11 battle stars over more than two decades, USS The Sullivans was used in World War II, the Korean War and the ...

Researchers say they believe the debris field off the Philippines is from the U.S.S. Johnston DD-557, which played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Tank-destroyers also taught the Army not to over-specialize. There was no need for multiple classes of tanks that were strong in one respect and weak in another.

A U.S. Navy destroyer sunk in 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa has been discovered by a group of civilian underwater explorers, the group’s leader said Wednesday.

The first destroyer the U.S. ever laid down was the Bainbridge class in 1899. Authorized in the wake of the Spanish-American War, 13 Bainbridge-class destroyers were built before 1903.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Instead of holding tank-destroyers in corps reserve, it became standard practice for commanders to attach a tank-destroyer battalion to front-line infantry ...

USS LST 325, the last fully operational World War II Landing Ship Tank in the United States, will make a stop in Muscatine 11 ...