The Battle of Calabria, fought on July 9, 1940, was a key naval engagement between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the ...

When the transport ship Jacob was bombed off New Guinea in March 1943, flames and explosions sent men leaping into the Pacific as the vessel began to sink. Private George Watson, a strong swimmer from ...

The SS Red Oak Victory was one of hundreds of ships built in the Kaiser Shipyards in the 1940s, and, after serving a number of missions, is among the last few known to still be intact.

The Friends of the Battleship North Carolina will host “A Musical Salute to America’s Armed Forces” aboard the Battleship ...

This year's observance highlights the legacy of the fallen, including Greensboro, NC, native and pioneering WWII aviator Mary ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships. “They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far ...

The remains of Navy Seaman 1st Class Wayne E. Newton, who was killed during World War II, have been identified and a burial ...

The bell that King Charles III gave President Trump on his state visit came from a submarine that sank several Japanese ships ...

This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in ...

Sam Heughan stars in this stunning BBC war drama based on Geoffrey Wellum's real-life experiences as a Spitfire pilot during ...

Grover Trytten, a 104-year-old World War II veteran from Georgetown, took a Dream Flights ride in a restored Boeing-Stearman ...