The North Sea, February 1940. World War 2 is only five months in. Under a bright moon, six powerful Kriegsmarine destroyers ...

A team of three divers have shared recent images and haunting stories from the three WWII shipwrekcs still lying off ...

In a potential clash with China in the Indo-Pacific, the US Navy would have to fend off the Chinese fleet. Although aircraft ...

One of the most daring and successful air operations after World War II took place in the South Atlantic in 1982. The ...

A major tourism attraction in Micronesia is now threatened with oil pollution. Reports from the location say climate change ...

If the tale is to be believed, this feline survived the sinking of one German and two British ships during World War II.

World War II veteran John "Jack" Cowell celebrated his 101st birthday on Tuesday by saluting his comrades in arms. Literally.

Very little is known about his early life. He was likely born in Germany because he wound up on a German battleship in World War II. For centuries, sailors kept cats with them on the high seas, partly ...

The U.S. Navy did not finish construction of the USS Illinois battleship because aircraft carriers became the dominant naval ...

It would be all too easy to make a lame reference to a cat having nine lives. Sam must have had at least twice that many.

On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck. The ship’s captain, a fierce disciplinarian hated by many of his men, studied ...

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to ...