October 22, 2024: The US Navy has found its 9,700-ton Burke class destroyers to be a successful design, so successful that 117 have been built, are on order or planned. This many destroyers of one ...
As the clock ticked towards midnight on May 9, 1972, the waters near Haiphong Harbor churned with unease. Amidst the darkness, USS Hanson, a battle-tested Gearing-class destroyer, took her position in ...