Throughout history, coastal fortifications have guarded strategic seaports. And until recently, forts easily outgunned ships. Hence legendary British admiral Horatio Nelson’s quip—“A ship’s a fool to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US Navy battleship USS New Jersey passing between Corregidor, background, and Fort Drum, July 3, 1983. US Navy/PH2 Paul Soutar ...

One of the most remarkable warships that the United States ever fielded technically wasn't a warship at all, nor did the U.S. Navy operate it. Fort Drum, the guardian of Manila Bay in the Philippines, ...

Fort Drum was one of the strangest coastal fortifications ever built, a concrete sea fortress shaped like a battleship and armed with massive turret guns overlooking Manila Bay. During the Japanese ...

Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese soldiers invaded the Philippines. Within days, Japanese soldiers were landing on beaches in the north and south of the island of Luzon ...