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General Phil Sheridan had selected Custer’s Seventh Cavalry for an expedition to the Black Hills to scout out a possible site ...
In 1943, the North Atlantic lay cloaked in mist, prowled by German U-boats and shadowed by dread. Cutting through the fog was USS Iowa, the most powerful American battleship, its 16-inch guns ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 9, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases ...
A new book by Montel Williams and David Fisher looks at a little known chapter in the history of the USS Intrepid. In 1981, he was deployed as a special duty intelligence officer on the USS Kitty ...
Dec. 1—Remember that scene from Disney's animated classic "The Beauty and the Beast," where Belle gasps in awe at the towering shelves and endless rows of books in the Beast's magnificent ...
These three books from a Bismarck collector sold for $1.5M The late Bill Strutz, owner of one of North Dakota's most remarkable book collections, has more treasures returning to the auction block ...
What You Need to Know: The USS New Jersey (BB-62), known as “Big J,” is arguably the greatest battleship ever, renowned for her impressive combat record and longevity. Commissioned in 1943 ...
What You Need to Know: The USS Bismarck Sea was the last U.S. aircraft carrier lost in battle, sunk by a dual Japanese kamikaze attack during the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 21, 1945. The ...
The USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95), commissioned on May 20, 1944 was a Casablanca-class escort carrier. She, along with her 49 sister ships, were an integral factor in the U.S. victory over Japan.
The U.S. has lost many aircraft carriers to the bottom of the sea over the years. Here is the story of the last carrier sunk at war, the USS Bismarck Sea.