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The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon Islands.
Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
Famous owners included publisher William Randolph Hearst, boxer Jack Dempsey and film stars Clara Bow and Rudolph Valentino.
Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy USS Silversides The USS Silversides began service on December 15, 1941, eight days after the ...
Flickr/Grille1991 The U-Boat Attacks off Myrtle Beach German submarines hunted ships off South Carolina in early 1942, bringing World War II to American shores. From January to June, Nazi U-boats sank ...
During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...
The sinking of the Bismarck, one of the most iconic naval battleships in history, is one of the most significant events of ...
As an actress, she was known as the “most beautiful woman in the world” during the 1940s. Lamarr was also a technological ...
During World War II, units of Ranger soldiers faced battles on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. The rangers will be honored this month.
On April 24, 1945, the USS Flaherty, an Edsall-class destroyer, patrolled the North Atlantic as part of Operation Teardrop – ...
At the same time, their Japanese opponents had yet to fully address the threat that these underwater marauders posed to the ...