Warships are among the biggest vessels in our oceans ... Guinness World Records reports that the world's fastest destroyer was France's menacingly-named Le Terrible, which hit 45.25 knots in ...

To the blare of hooting whistles, the world’s largest destroyer leader slid down the ways at Camden, N.J. last week, and rode out into the Delaware. The new giant is the 5,500-ton U.S.S. Norfolk.

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... Heermann and Johnston; and destroyer escorts Dennis, John C. Butler, Raymond and Samuel B. Roberts. Kurita's ...