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There have been plenty of unconventional vehicles used in warfare, but one ship might top the list as the strangest ever used ...
‘Bingo42’ is namesake of an innovative new 42,000 dwt bulk carrier that will be jointly developed and marketed by Onomichi Dockyard and Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, a pair of historic Japanese ...
As Japan was about to lose in World War II, the Yamato was sent on a one way mission to protect Okinawa in 1945. She was sunk by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers, rather unceremoniously.
HONOLULU (WKRC) - A Ford automobile was discovered inside the hanger of an American aircraft carrier that sank during World War ll. The USS Yorktown was known to have housed 2,200 personnel and 90 ...
Where was the great Japanese naval force — three battleships, five carriers, supporting cruisers and destroyers — which raised havoc in the Bay last fortnight? If the warships and bombers were ...
Until last week, one such place was Japan itself. Added to this local preponderance was the enormous value of the Japs’ carrier forces. At the war’s start, they had at least 20 carriers (one ...
Tonnage provider Seaspan Corp has forked out $210m for two 7,000-ceu dual-fuel LNG pure car/truck carriers. The vessels have been purchased from one of the three Japanese carriers that own Ocean ...
Unknown to Halsey, these were merely decoy carriers with few aircraft, part of a Japanese trap to lure powerful American ships away from the invasion beaches. As Iowa chased north, Japanese ...