As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built ...

On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops ...

During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ships were being sunk by German U-boats, warships and aircraft. In 1940 alone, ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

The Wellington Trust has received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, enabling the ship to open to more visitors ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

During World War II, battles were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes, ships, or submarines. To give the Allies an edge, British and American scientists developed radar ...

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...

"She made six war patrols, sank 13 enemy ships, and rescued seven downed American ... which built 28 submarines during World War II. In 1986, the USS Cobia was designated as a National Historic ...

MANITOWOC - A historic, decorated World War II submarine credited with sinking more than a dozen enemy ships and today serving as the feature attraction at a Manitowoc museum is heading to Door ...