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

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

These ships’ main weapon was the four 13-inch ... iconic group of aircraft carriers vital to the United States Navy during WWII. The primary anti-aircraft weaponry consisted of 12 5-inch/.

Moffett Field Historical Society is in the process of restoring the control car of a World War II-era K-class blimp.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

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

U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie Kitty Rippin after they surprised her with cake ...

Did you know that some of the most famous ships in U.S. naval history had cats as mascots? These feline sailors served as rat hunters, good luck charms, and beloved crew members. Discover the ...

WWII veteran Tony Battaglia, who served as a medic in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and later moved to Honesdale, died Friday ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...