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

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

Among the storied ships of World War II, there's no lack of renown for aircraft carriers or battleships, but what were the ...

Kenneth Kramer, just 20 years old when he died, was from Washington state and appeared to have no connection to Michigan, officials said.

-Critics suggest that prioritizing battlecruisers over battleships might have given the U.S. Navy better tools to combat Japan's forces early in the war, though this remains speculative.

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum allows guests to sleep on the USS Cobia, a World War II submarine it lists on Airbnb.

After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...

The Navy destroyer was sunk in 1942 during World War II, after facing down overwhelming odds and fighting a pitched battle.

When the Prince of Wales went down during World War II, it marked the end of the battleship era. Here's why the naval tech just couldn't stick around.

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