After the fierce fighting in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, where the Japanese lost their first battleship, Hiei, both sides took heavy casualties but neither could claim full control. No side ...
In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history without ever seeing its enemy. Using radar-guided fire, USS Washington and ...
U.S. Navy destroyers and destroyer escorts, including the USS Johnston, laying a smoke screen during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944. Note the splashes from Japanese shells. (Wikimedia Commons) ...