The Alaska-class ships were unique American warships from World War II, designed as massive “large cruisers” or ...

On May 9, 1945, the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro set out from Singapore, unaware that it would become part of a deadly ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

Third Fleet, which in turn lost its light carrier Princeton. That night, Japanese forces ran into the U.S. 7th Fleet in Surigao Strait, losing two battleships, a heavy cruiser and several destroyers.

On June 4, 1942, the the heavy cruiser Astoria steams by their aircraft carrier Yorktown, shortly after the carrier had been hit by three Japanese bombs in the battle of Midway.

At the Battle of Tassafaronga on the night of November 30, 1942, the Imperial Navy’s “Tokyo Express” force of destroyers sank one and badly damaged three U.S. Navy heavy cruisers, at a cost ...

The Battle of Midway, June 4-6, 1942, was the first major American victory over Japan in the first months of this nation's entry into World War II.

FILE - In this May 1942 file photo a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Mogami class lies low in the water after being bombed by U.S. naval aircraft during the Battle of Midway.