Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 80 years ago, a US warship was badly damaged by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Tassafaronga. The crew temporarily ...

(CNN) — The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the ...

1942 - In Battle of Tassafaronga, last major naval action in Solomons, U.S. force prevents Japanese attempt to reprovision the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal. Six U.S. ships are damaged in the action.

In a remarkable twist of history, the role of fruit in a WWII naval escape has come to light with the discovery of the USS New Orleans’s missing bow. Struck by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of ...