On May 18, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck began its first ever combat mission. It was the most powerful ship in Europe ...

Cliff Beaupre said his goal never was to live to 100 and he didn’t do anything special to reach the century milestone. ...

There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under ...

In 1918, during World War I, initially the German U-boats (submarines) controlled the seas. It turns out the same thing happened in World War II.

Suzanne Rico never met her grandfather, and when she dug into her family history, she didn't expect to find out he was a ...

When the United States entered World War II following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Audrey Horton was just eight years-old. As ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Away from the grueling land battles and devastating airstrikes, the Ukraine war has from its outset had a naval element. Soon after the February 2022 invasion, Russia imposed a de ...

Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around ...

The submarine named for the state of Iowa officially will be accepted into service at 9 a.m. Iowa time April 5 into the U.S.

Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.

When one thinks of antisubmarine warfare (ASW) weapons of World War II, chances are the depth charge is the first weapon that comes to mind. This is understandable, since it was certainly the ...