In the summer of 1940, the Mediterranean witnessed the first surface clash between Italian and Allied warships. Italian destroyers, carrying Blackshirt anti-tank units to Tobruk, found themselves in a ...
America’s destroyers began as small, fast warships built to fight close-range threats with guns and torpedoes. Over time, ...
The United States Navy developed the Zumwalt-class destroyer, which is the largest destroyer ever built, planning for a fleet of 32 vessels. The first of these, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), was ...