USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Clyde C. McMeans, 26, was one of the 103 USS California crewmen killed during attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...

While the NMMC preserves both flags in their collection, they are only displayed together briefly each year to mark the ...