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The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy USS Silversides The USS Silversides began service on December 15, 1941, eight days after the ...
The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and ...
As a travel writer with two decades of exploring the nooks and crannies of the United States, I’ve seen firsthand ...
USS Pearl Harbor pulled into its namesake port this week as it prepares for its six-month stint leading the Pacific ...
Unleashed from Norfolk after Pearl Harbor, the USS Hornet embarked on a mission of vengeance that saw her aircraft turn the tide at Midway and later race to intercept a Japanese task force bound for ...
The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...
The USS Constellation is a fixture in Baltimore's Inner Harbor as hundreds of people pass by it every day — but most have no idea the role it played in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...
The Pearl Harbor Avenger Portsmouth Naval Shipyard got orders to build new submarines on December 15, 1941, just eight days ...
CHARLESTON — Bystanders came together to rescue some 40 horses from a burning barn Friday night at the Coles County ...
A writer and director are talking to the US Navy for ideas, and the hope is that original star Denzel Washington will spark ...