On April 15, 1935, the Douglas TBD Devastator took to the skies for the first time, marking a bold leap forward in naval ...

Japanese aircraft targeted the Nevada as she fled the harbor, and the ship later had to be beached when “one torpedo and several bomb hits” left it near sinking, historians say. “Vigorous ...

Beyond talent, the team had a little weapon on their side. A specially designed bat dubbed the torpedo bat because of its shape that resembles a torpedo. It is a way of redistributing the weight ...

The first atomic bomb ever exploded was a test device ... Paul had been a 20-year-old rear gunner on a two-man Navy torpedo bomber, training for the invasion of Japan, when the second and third ...