The potent Harpoon missiles from McDonnell Douglas gave U.S. ships the ability to strike a long-range blow against other naval targets. They were first conceived in the mid-1960s, to be used ...

(CNN) — A ship that US and Philippine forces planned to sink beat them to it. A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles ...

could be sent against ships in British waters. "We would never have taken that particularly seriously until recently but now we're taking it more seriously." He says the threat level in the UK ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets ...

MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock ...

According to the Miami Herald, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) ship Okeanos Explorer was mapping the wreck site on April 19 when the discovery was made. The car's ...

The damage was significant enough that the US Navy deemed repairs impossible and the ship sank in the Pacific. The sunken aircraft carrier was rediscovered in 1998 by oceanographer Robert Ballard.