In 1943, the vessel took down a Japanese submarine with a large pile of potatoes instead of using all the weapons the crew ...

22, 1943, aerial view of the Ellwood oil field showing the oil piers bombarded by the Japanese submarine I-17 on Feb. 23, 1942, and the route of the submarine (S). The location of the Wheeler Inn ...

At the time of World War II, American submarines were no longer than 312 feet with a beam of 27 feet. So, you can imagine ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- On July 30, 1945, shortly after midnight, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine somewhere in the Philippine Sea. Roughly 300 of the sailors aboard went down with ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The destroyer, HMS Paladin, which ran into a Japanese submarine to prevent it from diving ...

The day the Japanese ships Ryusei and Tango Maru left Surabaya, the Allies decoded messages about their plans. Laughan, the commander of the American submarine, was given very precise information.