The dockside service will honor the 575 crewmen of the Mare Island submarines lost during WWII, including USS Wahoo and USS ...

The Midway-class aircraft carriers, introduced post-World War II, became essential to the U.S. Navy during the Cold War.

The nightmares of Allied cargo shipping, the German U-Boats reigned supreme in the turbulent seas during 1940-1942. Taking one of these U-Boats as an example, the U-505 submarine sunk an impressive 8 ...

It was the first time he landed troops on an enemy-held island in World War II. Unscathed, he went on to make five more ...

I think I may have submechanophobia. The very thought of being submerged underwater in a solid metal casket loaded with explosive torpedoes chills me to the core. And yet, for Adolf Hitler, ...

George Chandler was one of the dwindling cohort of D-Day survivors who gathered last summer to commemorate its 80th ...

Boasting a 51-year career, the U.S.S. Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in 1944.

WARREN, R.I. (WJAR) — 'Blount Boats' in Warren is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month. In 1949, Luther Blount began the business after returning from World War II. Initially, his ...

This West German movie is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel of the same name, which draws heavily from his own experiences aboard a U-boat during World War II. The film chronicles ...

The US considered invading Japanese-occupied Taiwan in World War II. Top US commanders decided ... of kamikaze aircraft and 600 suicide boats. The Japanese had anticipated the landings would ...

Impact Link The US once planned an invasion and seizure of ... They were backed by 20 squadrons of kamikaze aircraft and 600 suicide boats. The Japanese had anticipated the landings would be ...