The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...
The army base was earlier named after Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The Pentagon said the name will now honor Roland L. Bragg, a soldier who was decorated for his service during World War II.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed an order to rename Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to its original Fort ...
It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American waters. The power brokers in Washington panicked. Everyone except Navy Secretary ...
U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved ...
Dec. 7, 1941 – that the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Although America learned of the attack via radio ...
The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...
A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
The discovery of the wreckage of the ship Vital de Oliveira by the Brazilian Navy is a historic milestone that honors the ...
A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...
The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...