The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built ...

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

The new leader of one of Mobile’s landmark attractions says he’s ready to bring World War II history to the next generation. Officials at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park ...

The Wellington Trust has received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, enabling the ship to open to more visitors ...

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...

The US Navy website describes the Musashi as a “mighty battleship” that had “mammoth ... knocking down American torpedo bombers”, the WW2 Database website says. “Running into one of ...