As Japan advanced through Southeast Asia, the British sent Force Z—the battleship Prince of Wales, battlecruiser Repulse, and accompanying destroyers—into contested waters to deter invasion, where ...

Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy modernization process that was supposed to enable the warship’s service life to be extended into the 2030s. The congressionally ...

On April 5th, 1942, two Royal Navy heavy cruisers, hms Cornwall and Dorsetshire, were patrolling the Indian Ocean west of Ceylon. They were unaware that the full strength of the Japanese First Air ...

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were completed ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Alaska-class battlecruisers were developed during World War II to counter Germany’s pocket battleships and potential Japanese equivalents. These massive, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is extending the service life of three guided-missile cruisers that would have been retired in 2026, keeping the Ticonderoga-class ships in the fleet for another three years. The ...