Dec. 31 (UPI) --After 66 years of outdoor display on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on the verge ...

Next year, organizers hope to hold an in-person remembrance at the new museum near Little Falls, which is scheduled to open next summer. One of the artifacts the museum will showcase is a 50-caliber ...

A team manning a deep sea research vessel says it has found and captured the first underwater images of a sunken U.S. Navy ship credited with firing America’s opening shots of World War II. The USS ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Just days before Thursday’s 76th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, marine researchers have found and explored the undersea wreckage of the U.S. ship that was ...

The U.S. Navy warship that famously fired the first American shot in World War II has been found resting on the seabed in Ormoc Bay near Ponson Island in the Philippines. The historic vessel USS Ward ...

The Ward was a Wickes-class destroyer, named for Commander James Harmon Ward, the first U.S. Navy officer to be KIA during the American Civil War. She was laid down on May 15, 1918, launched on June 1 ...

A team on Tuesday released underwater footage of the sunken destroyer USS Ward, including a view of an anti-aircraft gun on the vessel’s deck. “The USS Ward found herself in the crucible of American ...

It may have taken a little time, but a World War II U.S. Navy seaman with ties to Gainesville was buried Thursday (Dec. 21, 2023) at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The late James Richard ...

Researchers have found and recorded footage of the first American World War II-era ship to fire shots during the attack on Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1944—three years to the day after the attack—the ...