The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...

In June 1944, the United States Navy did something it had not attempted since the War of 1812. American sailors boarded and ...

On Dec. 6, 1941, Young commanded the repair ship Vestal, which he fatefully brought alongside the battleship Arizona. The ...

Eight days into his first boat command, Karl-Adolf Schlitt made a toilet mistake that would get the whole crew captured or ...

During the December flight tests, the SeaGuardian dropped a mix of AN/SSQ-36 Bathythermal, AN/SSQ-53G Directional Frequency ...

During World War II, a small American destroyer escort quietly destroyed Japan’s final submarine scouting line in the Pacific. In May 1944, USS England hunted and eliminated multiple Japanese ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Many consider the USS Alabama the centerpiece of Battleship Memorial Park -- not Tom Bowser -- his love lies with the USS Drum. “I love the history for one thing and all of the ...

Michigan is home to more than a half dozen historic vessels from the age of sails to steam and diesel power that you can visit and tour. Michigan also features the historic car ferry, SS Badger, but ...

World War II, a global conflict that engulfed nations, was not just limited to the well-known battlefields of Europe and the Pacific. Many are unaware of the less iconic, yet strategically significant ...

Four historic "tall ship" sailing vessels known as schooners are visiting Detroit this weekend, providing visitors a chance to see and feel how the world traveled two centuries ago. As part of the ...

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...