Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

World War II submarines usually had a distinct look, shaped more like boats than the conventional crafts. But was there a ...

While their legacy endures, the Iowa-class represents a bygone era of warfare, ill-suited for today’s high-tech, unmanned, ...

The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

She signed her email, “Proud Navy Mom.” Rhode Islander serving on the flagship of the Amphibious Ready Group The Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is named for the historic World War II ...

Green Cove Springs, which incorporated in 1874, has been reinventing itself for 150 years. With growth imminent, the city now eyes the future.

The long years of fighting Napoleon’s ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an “us-against-them” mentality. All British accounts of the war—no matter how brief ...

The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals ...

He would be present at the start of the U.S. entry into World War II. 84 years ago, he was an Army engineer, working in Oahu. He and other engineers were working at a temporary power plant ...