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USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the ship was bombed and sank, resulting in the deaths of 1,177 crew members. The wreckage remains at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, and...

RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard Line ocean liner that was requisitioned by the government for use as a troopship during World War II. On June 17, 1940, the ship was bombed by German aircraft off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, while participating in Operation Ariel, the evacuation of British...

SS Cap Arcona was a German passenger liner launched for transatlantic service and later used by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. On 3 May 1945, British aircraft attacked and sank it in the Bay of Lubeck while thousands of concentration camp prisoners were confined aboard. Most of the prison...

Akagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier converted from an Amagi-class battlecruiser hull after the Washington Naval Treaty altered Japanese construction plans. It served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's carrier striking force during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December...

Musashi was an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship of the Yamato class and the sister ship of Yamato. Built around exceptionally heavy armor and armed with nine 46 centimeter main guns, it was among the largest battleships constructed. United States carrier aircraft sank Musashi during the Battle of t...

Kaga was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier originally laid down as a battleship before being converted under the naval treaty restrictions of the 1920s. It participated in operations in China and in the attack on Pearl Harbor as part of Japan's carrier striking force. American carrier aircr...

Tirpitz was a German Bismarck-class battleship commissioned during the Second World War and deployed mainly in occupied Norway, where its presence threatened Allied Arctic convoys. Although it saw limited direct combat, the Allies repeatedly attacked it with aircraft and midget submarines. Royal Air...

Hiryu was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier commissioned before the Second World War and employed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent Pacific operations. During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, aircraft from Hiryu launched attacks that severely damaged the American carrier USS Yo...

HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy commissioned during the Second World War. It participated in the action against the German battleship Bismarck and later carried Winston Churchill to the Atlantic Conference. On 10 December 1941, Japanese land-based aircraft...

SS Thistlegorm was a British Merchant Navy armed freighter built in 1940 and operated by the Albyn Line for wartime transport between Britain and the Middle East. In October 1941, while at anchor awaiting transit through the Suez Canal, she was attacked and sunk by two German Heinkel He 111 bombers...

HIJMS Soryu was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier commissioned before the Second World War and employed in major early Pacific operations, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942, aircraft from the United States carrier Yorktown struck her with bombs, ig...

HIJMS Zuikaku was a Shokaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the Pacific War. Its aircraft participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the carrier later fought in major operations including the battles of the Coral Sea, the Eastern Solomons, and the Philipp...

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship commissioned by the United States Navy during the First World War era. Japanese aircraft struck the ship during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, causing it to capsize at its berth and killing 429 crew members. The wreck was later raise...

HMS Repulse was a Royal Navy Renown-class battlecruiser completed during the First World War and extensively modernized between the world wars. On 10 December 1941, Japanese land-based aircraft sank Repulse and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales off the coast of Malaya while they operated without ef...

SS Rohna was a British India Steam Navigation Company passenger and cargo ship used as a troop transport during the Second World War. On 26 November 1943, a German aircraft struck it off the Algerian coast with a Henschel Hs 293 radio-guided glide bomb. The sinking killed more than 1,100 people, inc...

Shōhō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during the early Pacific War. Originally constructed as a submarine support ship, she was later converted into a carrier and joined the Japanese operation surrounding Port Moresby. American carrier aircraft sank Shōhō on 7...

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a dedicated close air support aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic. Notably, it features a powerful GAU-8 Avenger 30mm rotary cannon optimized for engaging heavily armored ground targets. Introduced to the United States Air Force in 1977, the A-10 re...

HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier designed from the outset for aircraft operations and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1924. On 9 April 1942, Japanese carrier aircraft sank her off Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, during the Indian Ocean raid; the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire was also lost in...

SS John Harvey was an American Liberty ship destroyed during the German air raid on Bari, Italy, on 2 December 1943. Its secret cargo included bombs filled with sulfur mustard, which were released when the ship exploded and contaminated harbor water and survivors. Because medical personnel were init...

USS Princeton, designated CVL-23, was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during the Second World War. On 24 October 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a Japanese aircraft bombed the ship and started fires that eventually reached stor...

HMS Coventry was a Royal Navy Type 42 guided-missile destroyer commissioned during the 1970s. During the Falklands War, Argentine A-4 Skyhawk aircraft bombed the ship on 25 May 1982 while it was operating with HMS Broadsword northwest of the Falkland Islands. Coventry capsized and sank, and 19 membe...

HMS Dorsetshire was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. On April 5, 1942, Japanese carrier aircraft sank Dorsetshire and the cruiser HMS Cornwall southwest of Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. The wreck is a wartime naval site associated with Ja...

British County-class heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft on 5 April 1942 in the Indian Ocean during the Ceylon Raid, with approximately 190 killed.

British Type 21 frigate sunk on 22 May 1982 in San Carlos Water during the Falklands War after sustaining multiple Argentine bomb hits, with the loss of 22 crew members.

Japanese light aircraft carrier converted from a submarine tender, sunk by American aircraft at the Battle of Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Turkish Baykar-built medium-altitude long-endurance armed drone first flown in 2014, gaining international prominence through its combat effectiveness in conflicts in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine.

Japanese light aircraft carrier converted from a seaplane tender, destroyed by American naval gunfire and aircraft at the Battle of Cape Engaño during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for the United States Air Force and introduced in 2007. It is a larger and more heavily armed successor to the earlier MQ-1 Predator, powered by a turboprop engine rather than a piston engine. The Reaper is designed for hi...

Japanese light aircraft carrier converted from a seaplane tender and sister ship of Chiyoda, sunk by American aircraft at the Battle of Cape Engaño during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.