From 1943 to 1945, the USS Alabama fought in the Pacific theater during World War II. Now, the 680-foot ship rests in Mobile, Alabama, as the star attraction of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial ...
The historic battleships that were once considered the juggernauts of naval warfare for the United States Navy go through ...
The USS Growler and its skipper, Cmdr. Howard Gilmore. Howard W. Gilmore was born in Selma, Alabama, on Sept. 29, 1902. He enlisted in the Navy in November 1920 before commissioning at the U.S ...
Iowa-Class battleships were hard ships to keep running, even during the late Cold War when they remained youthful relative to ...
With the Battle of Midway raging in the Pacific in June 1942, Japanese forces 2,500 miles to the north were seizing control ...
On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the ...
WHEELING, W.Va. — A piece of World War II living history is docked in Wheeling for a few days. The last fully operational ...
Activities surrounding the christening of the USS Pierre (LCS 38) were held Friday and Saturday (May 17-18, 2024) at the ...