After WWI, steel shortages led the U.S. to experiment with reinforced concrete ships, including the 7,500-ton SS Cuyamaca launched in San Diego.

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...

They survived the fall of Bataan, endured years of Japanese captivity, and were crammed into the suffocating hold of a transport ship headed for forced labor in Japan. Then American bombs hit the ...

The eight-foot-long underwater robot called Remus 300 dropped into the Atlantic Ocean 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, North ...

"Rising from its watery grave after being sunk at Pearl Harbor, it survived torpedoes, bombs, shells, and two atomic blasts." ...

Medal of Honor recipient Harvey C. “Barney” Barnum Jr. is one of the few people who has lived to see the process of a Navy ship being named for them.

Barnum was recommended for the Medal of Honor just days after the battle, and received it on Feb. 27, 1967, from Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze during a ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington. Barnum is ...

The U.S. Navy sent the last Ticonderoga-class cruiser homeported overseas back to the states, the sea service announced Wednesday. The USS Robert Smalls will leave Yokosuka, Japan ...

As a conclusion to a month of events and guest speakers, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum and the town of Mount Pleasant hosted a Black History Month presentation on Feb. 28 to celebrate the ...

A school committee member is calling for an independent investigation after a grand jury indicts a former Ponaganset High School gym teacher. Central Falls High School student sworn in as school board ...

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