A US Navy destroyer used its deck gun to shoot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea last year. A top commander revealed details of the battle for the first time this week. USS Stockdale and other ...
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy ...
The Navy destroyer Gravely, shown here practice firing its 5-inch gun earlier this month in the Red Sea, took out a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile and two drones that had targeted the warship on ...
On August 2, 1964, the USS Maddox was conducting an intelligence mission in the Gulf of Tonkin when it was suddenly ambushed by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The destroyer’s crew opened fire without ...