Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to take the rest of the punishment.

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms. The U.S.S. Johnston ...

One of America's last battleships, USS Wisconsin, is moored on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia.Now a floating museum ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

During World War II, a small American destroyer escort quietly destroyed Japan’s final submarine scouting line in the Pacific. In May 1944, USS England hunted and eliminated multiple Japanese ...

Oscar-winner is almost seven decades old, but fans have hailed its depiction of WWII navy warfare as 'an exemplary ...