President Reagan’s goal of a 600-ship navy is far from met. Today’s force has only 295 ships. Further, the current plan is to ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

An extraordinary new sailing ship was supposed to be a replica of ... The nonprofit group building the Perry has an educational mission. For a fee, high-school, college and adult students can ...

Philadelphia is one of only two U.S. shipyards still building commercial ships ... employed over one million people during World War II, that number started to drop in the 1980s and has over ...

"Rosie" Jane Tucker shows her name tag with a photo of herself from the 1940s, when she worked as a welder building Liberty ...

ship launches have long been a part of our proud, waterfront history. During WWII, the two shipyards on the North Shore at the time, Burrard Dry Dock Company and North Van Ship Repairs ...