World War II submarines usually had a distinct look, shaped more like boats than the conventional crafts. But was there a ...

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

HMS Edinburgh - one of the Royal Navy's mot advanced cruisers - sank to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. On board was one of the strangest cargos of the Second World War: Millions of pounds worth of ...

Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

In the summer of 1940, an Italian flotilla set sail across the Mediterranean to supply their forces in Libya, joined by ...

For a land-locked state, Wyoming has its share of naval history, including two battleships that served in the Civil War, ...

A look at the sheer scale, history, and evolution of 10 of the biggest military submarines ever made, from early experiments ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

Ensign Jack Carl Fuller received the Navy Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal, two Bronze Stars and World War II Victory Medal.

(National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances ... For the first time in the war, U.S. Navy destroyers were not escorting cruisers, giving them independence to work out ...

Walker first learned to crochet as a child, taught by his mother. However, it wasn’t until his time in the Navy in that he fully embraced the craft. Long maintenance watches provided the perfect ...

Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said that Ukraine itself received the coordinates of the cruiser Moskva and the Navy struck it with its own forces, without the help of the US. Pletenchuk said this on ...