The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was built at Philadelphia and launched June 10, 1893. The Indiana-class battleship was 351 feet long, had a beam of more than 69 feet, drew 24 feet of water and ...

However, it could be argued that the USS Massachusetts‘ greatest success was in 1921, when she was scuttled in shallow water off Pensacola, Florida, and used as a target for experimental artillery.

For a week in 1977, Pensacola was the center of the boxing world. Credit goes to Don King, the flamboyant, big-haired boxing promoter whose Don King Productions was producing both the Foreman ...

The red snapper bite in Pensacola Bay has been pretty tough, ... Good numbers of king mackerel have shown up around many of the wrecks and reefs in the Gulf, including the USS Massachusetts.

The battleship USS Massachusetts is only 1.5 nautical miles south-southwest of Pensacola Pass in roughly 30 feet of water. And then 21 nautical miles east of Pensacola Pass is an old freighter ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- On July 30, 1945, shortly after midnight, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine somewhere in the Philippine Sea.

On March 24, 1962, 16-year-old Edward McCleary of Fort Walton Beach and four of his chums paddled out on a raft from Fort Pickens to spearfish and explore the USS Massachusetts, located about 1.5 ...

The flight deck of the USS Lexington smelled of jet fuel Monday. Touch the wall, and soot rubbed off on your fingers. Overhead, the tip of a red wing dangled from a fuel tank. Naval investigators d… ...

On June 8, 1861, the Massachusetts arrived at Key West, Fla., and the following day captured the British blockade runner Perthshire loaded with a cargo of valuable cotton near Pensacola.

PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) -- The Navy's cost of sinking the retired aircraft carrier USS Oriskany as an artificial reef has increased from just under three million to almost 13 million dollars. The ...

The battleship USS Massachusetts is only 1.5 nautical miles south-southwest of Pensacola Pass in roughly 30 feet of water. And then 21 nautical miles east of Pensacola Pass is an old freighter ...