On the morning of this day in 1939, the USS Astoria steamed into Yokohama harbor with the U.S. ensign at half-staff and a Japanese flag at the fore. She was the last American warship to visit Japan ...

“It was dark as hell,” was Don Dias’ most vivid memory of the night his ship, the USS Astoria, was sunk in battle. Dias, of Pinofle, Calif., and three fellow survivors of the ill-fated warship were ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Herman Schnipper, a mild-mannered Navy photographer who chronicled the danger and drudgery of war while on board the light cruiser USS Astoria, died Wednesday at his home here, ...

The Daily Astorian asked for some interesting stories from people who had experiences during the visit of the USS Missouri back in 1998. Glenn Taggart described his reminiscences as “paydirt.” As a ...

Beginning in the 1920s, Japanese naval planners were envisioning a scenario for war with the United States that would require “attrition operations,” historian Ian Toll wrote in “The Conquering Tide.” ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. - Thoughts and words come fitfully to the old sailor. But Herman Schnipper, 91, is adamant about his wishes for the pictures he took while stationed on the USS Astoria. The 1,500 ...

Herman Schnipper, a mild-mannered Navy photographer who exquisitely chronicled the danger and drudgery of war while on board the light cruiser USS Astoria, died Wednesday at his Hackensack home, where ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. | Thoughts and words come fitfully to the old sailor. But Herman Schnipper, 91, is adamant about his wishes for the pictures he took while stationed on the USS Astoria. The 1,500 ...