The United States has formally entered Israel's war with Iran, escalating an already volatile regional conflict. On Sunday, ...

As a wartime fleet commander, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance crossed the Pacific, from Midway to Saipan to Okinawa, the hard way. In 1952 he crossed it with ease to become U.S. Ambassador at Manila ...

Proudly built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, Burke-class warships have the following specifications: The vessel was named for Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, one of the ...

Halsey commanded the Third Fleet, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance the Fifth. Actually, the fleets and the ships therein were the same; the designation simply changed when the commanders alternated.

Summary and Key Points: Introduced in the 1970s, the Spruance-class destroyers were designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and named after WWII Navy Admiral Raymond Spruance. Some experts ...

Unknown to the Japanese, the Americans had also gathered a huge armada in the Pacific. Admiral Raymond Spruance, in command of the U.S. 5th Fleet, had moved hundreds of ships from the West Coast and ...

After this victory, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance made the New Jersey his flagship, raising his four-star flag on Feb. 4, 1944. The New Jersey would soon spearhead the admirals Operation Hailstone ...