Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. Poor organization, strategic confusion, inter-service competition, and national ...

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Vol. 16, No. 1 (MARCH 2021), pp. 39-56 (18 pages) Three Dutch naval ships, HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer, were lost during the Battle of the Java Sea ...

Speaking in October this year on the readiness of U.S. armed forces, then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper referenced Task Force Smith—a unit decimated in the early days of the Korean War as a result ...

The voice was like a voice of doom. It was the voice of Dr. Hubertus Johannes van Mook, Lieutenant Governor General of The Netherlands East Indies: It is not that dozens of battleships, scores of ...

Feb. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley. In 1844, an explosion rocked the "war steamer" USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns.

On December 8, 1941, an Allied naval officer might reasonably have thought to himself “It’s not that bad.Really, could be worse.” The United States Navy (USN) could still pack a punch, and it could ...