On the night of February 1, 1944, the USS Indiana had just completed a grueling day of bombardments and was undertaking the ...

The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...

Imagine a place where pirates made the rules... No kings, no taxes, just freedom and treasure. For a short time in history, ...

Gaston Pettigrew, who served during WWII's Battle of the Atlantic, was hoping to receive 100 birthday cards in time for his ...

The great battle of the Miami-based megaships has begun. The biggest MSC Cruises ship ever built — MSC World America — was officially unveiled at the Port of Miami late Wednesday, kicking off an epic ...

They broke Erie's golden rule. Replicas of the U.S. Brig Niagara's "Dont Give Up The Ship" battle flag fly all over Erie County, Pennsylvania, in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry's flag in the Battle ...

The great battleship’s propulsion came from 12 Kampon boilers driving four steam turbines, generating 150,000 shaft horsepower and a top speed of 27 knots (or 31 miles per hour).

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A solemn anniversary and milestone will be observed this week on board the Battleship USS Missouri. Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved ...

A memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy's battleship Yamato was held in the city of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday.

Ray Hanley is a retired health care and IT executive, historian, producer of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's "Postcard Past" feature and author of 20 Arkansas history books.

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II.

In April, a suspected Chinese “spy ship”, the research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hai, appeared to be circumnavigating Australia, travelling close to the nation’s subsea cables. The wars in Israel ...