Raised in a Chicago suburb, Simanton said he was always interested in ships, models and World War II. Model ships served an important military purpose. “The U.S. Navy contracted to have models ...

You cannot visit the USS Indianapolis — it’s at the bottom of the Philippine Sea — but you can visit a 13-foot scale model at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia. “Small But Mighty!: ...

The sprawling collection features thousands upon thousands of items, including miniature figurines, artifacts, model trucks ...

The war required training that learned from past mistakes to help save lives. Today they are called IEDs or improvised ...

President Reagan’s goal of a 600-ship navy is far from met. Today’s force has only 295 ships. Further, the current plan is to ...

It was sunk by Germany in the Hauraki Gulf but decades later its oil has never been retrieved. Maritime NZ had been recommended since 2019 to survey the Niagara shipwreck to work out how much oil is ...

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The Taiwanese military is to hold art exhibitions and a concert among other events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII), and to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend ...

On April 15 and 16, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum will host two days of special programming to honor the legacy of ...

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an ...

The ship is thought to be carrying "furnace oil", described as dark thick, and when spilled, pernicious - but the government has rejected advice to carry out a survey.