Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...

World War evacuee has recalled how mass evacuations from London during the Blitz separated children from their families and ...

Timelapse footage shows Madrid plunged into near-total darkness as Spain and Portugal battled a massive power outage. The rare blackout grounded planes, halted transport, and forced hospital closures, ...

When was asbestos used on U.S. Navy ships? Asbestos was used on virtually all ships built by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard between World War II and the late-1970s. Though asbestos was removed ...

Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark ...

Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 years. Now, human eyes have finally peered deep inside the doomed vessel, ...

A World War II era U.S. aircraft carrier that sank in the Pacific over 80 years ago is now at the heart of a new automotive ...

With over 4,900 casualties and nearly as many wounded, the Battle of Okinawa was the U.S. Navy’s costliest fight during World ...

Also, it is the largest remaining structure from the German occupation during World War II, covering an area of about 6,950 square meters (75,000 square feet). The complex includes two main tunnel ...

USNS vessels include hospital ships, submarine tenders, salvage ships and tugs. Ships designated “USS” – for United States Ship – are commissioned for active military service and are crewed by ...