Having severely lost the Battle of the Java Sea, the remaining Allied fleet prepared to leave Java behind and sail to Australia. Among the departing ships were the uss Houston and hmas Perth. The ...

In 1942, the Japanese surged through the Dutch East Indies, conquering territory at an incredible pace. By February, Japanese troop convoys advanced towards Java, as they were met by a small Allied ...

On December 8, 1941, an Allied naval officer might reasonably have thought to himself “It’s not that bad.Really, could be worse.” The United States Navy (USN) could still pack a punch, and it could ...

Speaking in October this year on the readiness of U.S. armed forces, then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper referenced Task Force Smith—a unit decimated in the early days of the Korean War as a result ...