Not all ships sink to the bottom of the sea due to enemy fire, as some are scuttled instead. It was common during WWII, but ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that paid the ultimate price.

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

ALTON, Ill. – The USS LST-325, a World War II landing ship, tank (LST) turned floating museum, will be docked at the port of Alton from Sept. 18 to 22, offering daily tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Low water levels on the Mississippi River have exposed the USS Inaugural near downtown St. Louis. The USS Inaugural, a World War II minesweeper, used to be a National Historic ...

Scientists and explorers have found the severed bow of a damaged World War II warship. A team aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus found the USS New Orleans 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands' ...

SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in ...

Every day, vehicles and commuters roll aboard the Cape Henlopen between New London, CT, and Orient Point on Long Island — often unaware they’re traveling on a piece of World War II history. The Cross ...

Five area men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...