Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a victory over the Japanese fleet showed that U.S. naval forces had teeth.

Seventy-five years ago (June 4-7, 1942), the astonishing American victory at the Battle of Midway changed the course of the Pacific War. Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise ...

The Midway-class aircraft carriers, including the iconic USS Midway, were among the largest warships ever built, designed ...

World War II had plenty of devastating battles, but only one saw the most aircraft carriers sink into the Pacific. These are ...

The carriers were among seven ships that went down in the Battle of Midway, a major air and sea battle fought between the US and Japan in 1942. One ship, the Kaga, was discovered last week ...

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

The Japanese also lacked the rapid repair techniques of the Americans. While the heavily damaged Yorktown was repaired in time for the Battle of Midway, the less heavily damaged Shokaku was not ready ...

As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...

Hayasaki, meanwhile, managed to survive mines, air attacks and submarines until the end of the war. After two years of ...

In the three years following the Battle of Midway, the Japanese built six aircraft carriers. The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment ...

The USS Hornet had a proud record in the Pacific theater, launching the Doolittle Raid and fighting in the Battle of Midway, where she helped destroy the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. After Midway ...

The 855-foot-long aircraft carrier Akagi was struck by several aerial bombs during the Battle of Midway, a major naval fight between the US and Japan in June 1942 that changed the course of the ...