In 1943, the North Atlantic lay cloaked in mist, prowled by German U-boats and shadowed by dread. Cutting through the fog was ...

Still, when the USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by Japanese kamikaze pilots during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, she took 318 crewmen down with her, a devastating loss.

The USS Bismarck Sea was the last American carrier ever sunk in battle. The year was 1945. Today, eighty years later, losing a carrier would be difficult for most Americans to fathom.

From left, John Papadakis, Dick Miller, Mario Mendes, and Rudy Moraga, survivors of the USS Bismarck Sea meet for their reunion at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015.

Tragically, USS Bismarck Sea was the last American naval vessel lost in World War II. On February 21, 1945, the carrier was attacked by a swarm of Japanese aircraft off the coast of Iwo Jima.

The Bismarck Sea was one of many Casablanca-class escort carriers built during World War II. It was commissioned on May 20, 1944 and is the only U.S. vessel named in honor of the Battle of the ...

A photograph of the Bismarck taken from the Prinz Eugen in Norwegian waters on May 21, 1941. The dazzle camouflage stripes had not yet been painted out, nor had the false bow waves.

Montel Williams recalls when the famous USS Intrepid lost steering, ... Somewhere, deep in their minds, they identified with Bismarck’s crew. They would do whatever it took to avoid that fate. 9.

A battle coin to commemorate the new USS North Dakota was unveiled Thursday, the first in a series of four that will be produced until the submarine is commissioned in ...

Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2016. There are 314 days left in the year. Highlights in History • In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck ...

World War ll veteran Harry Pozanc holds his military photo at his home in Winona, Minn. Pozanc, who grew up here, survived the sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea on Feb. 21, 1945, and saw the raising ...