While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over water, which meant naval vessels and commercial ships ...

The submarine is the fifth Navy vessel to bear the name Idaho. The first was a wooden-hulled storeship commissioned in 1866. The most recent predecessor was the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42), commissioned in 1919, which earned seven battle stars during World War II.

The Navy needs to fix this given "the rise of 21st century adversaries capable of producing high-end threats in warfare," a new report says.

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during World War II in June 1942. Associated Press In this May ...