William Henry Pratt was 19 and served on the USS Nevada during the 1941 attack. His brother Basil Pratt was also on the ship and survived.

During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ships were being sunk by German U-boats, warships and aircraft. In 1940 alone, ...

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

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

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last two remaining members of the 355 original Tuskegee Airmen during World ...

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

Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end ...

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

No Cold War carriers have been preserved as museums, and it is disappointing that CV-63 or CV-67 couldn't be saved from the scrappers.

Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat.