The U.S. Navy has used cruisers and destroyers since around the 1800s to serve similar yet different roles. To the general public, they might look identical.

The high seas were dangerous places during World War II, an unforgiving expanse where nations vied for supremacy, just as they fought each other on land and in the skies. Military ships of all types ...

At Cape Esperance in October 1942, an American force intercepted Japanese cruisers and destroyers approaching Guadalcanal.

Naval warships, including five of the deadliest warships in military history, are powerful vessels designed with specific roles that shape their size, speed, and ability. This is especially true of ...