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

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

The Navy decommissioned the 37-year-old cruiser Leyte Gulf this month at Naval Station ... more cruisers to secure funds for ...

Summary and Key Points: In late October 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf became the largest naval battle in history. -Over 300 U.S. ships aimed to liberate the Philippines, clashing... Here’s What ...

On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...

And here's a view directly on top of either the Fusō or Yamashiro as it's bombed by US aircraft from above, some of which were launched by the famed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to ...

The destroyer will be the fifth vessel to carry ... which participated in the battle of Leyte Gulf, which has also lent its name to a ship. “Throughout the day, the attacks continued, and ...

USS Leyte Gulf hosted the "Valkyries" of Helicopter ... "You cannot have the Navy that you need by retiring ships early and then having no replacement for them," Wittman told 13News Now at the ...

Before dawn of the 7th, the 225-mile end run from Leyte Gulf through Surigao Strait and ... lay off shore. At 6:30 the destroyers opened up on the beaches with 5-inch guns; after 20 minutes ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer, the future USS Intrepid ...