Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other ...

The flattop, which operated from North Island for 11 years, is heading for Bremerton at the end of its final deployment.

USS Kentucky (BB-66) was conceived first as a Montana-class super-battleship and then reordered as an Iowa-class fast ...

The potency of the US Navy’s air power increased at a bewildering rate during the second world war. From hair-raising early exploits against a superior opponent, ever more capable military aircraft ...

His family learned of his death on Dec. 16, 1941. Within three weeks North End leaders arranged to have Mussolini Street ...

It’s considered the world’s deadliest shark attack where 150 sailors were eaten alive after a US warship sunk – inspiring the movie Jaws. The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the ...

Adm. William Furlong was a U.S. Navy rear admiral during World War II and served as Chief of Naval Ordnance from 1937 to 1941 ...

THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes in the dead of night destroyed that triumph – sparking the ...

Francis Flaherty wasn't identified until decades after his selfless actions, and now has been buried in Charlotte.

El portaaviones, que operó desde North Island durante 11 años, se dirige a Bremerton, Washington, al finalizar su último ...

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Many policymakers and industry pundits have read Arthur Herman’s Freedom’s Forge with the wrong lesson in mind. For those ...