What You Need to Know: The Fletcher-class destroyers were the most numerous and arguably among the most versatile warships of World War II, with 175 commissioned by the U.S. Navy.... What You Need to ...

The Second World War was home to some brutal fighting. Few theaters were quite as grueling as the War in the Pacific, which saw American and Allied forces squaring off with the Imperial Japanese Navy.

It's drydock day for the USS Kidd, which is set for some repair and refurbishment at a Houma shipyard. The Fletcher-class destroyer that usually lives next to its museum on the Mississippi River in ...