According to the July 11, 1943, edition of the Chicago Tribune, "Under the Great Lakes ship building program, which started in August 1941, a total of 249 craft of various types will be completed ...

1958: The last remaining Chicago streetcar made its final run. The last paying trolley customer was Al Carter. Carter was also the last customer at the 1933-34 Century of Progress, which was the ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, flagship of the Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 12, departed Naval Station Norfolk around 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is slated to deploy next week to the 6th Fleet area of operations, moving a third ...

1847: The first copy of the Tribune was published, but no copies of that original exist. They were lost in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. On June 10, 1922, the newspaper's 75th anniversary, the ...

The amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge steamed into Tokyo Bay on Monday, concluding a summer deployment that covered ...

Families waving signs and banners watched a quartet of tugs push the world’s largest warship off the pier and on to its ...

Seiya Suzuki became the first MLB player to reach 50 RBIs in 2025, all while joining an exclusive list in the Chicago Cubs' franchise history books.

Naval warships, including five of the deadliest warships in military history, are powerful vessels designed with specific roles that shape their size, speed, and ability. This is especially true ...

The breakout season of Pete Crow-Armstrong continued on Tuesday night as the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 8-3 in Washington D.C. 'PCA' went 1-for- ...

USS North Carolina, the lead ship of her class, cut through the waves with determination, her nine 16-inch guns unleashing 2,700-pound shells towards the approaching Imperial Japanese Navy fleet.