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Thousands of Vietnam War veterans and Vietnamese-Americans flooded the USS Midway’s flight deck Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the war’s end — and the daring rescues that came with it.
One vessel that didn't survive the war was the USS Grayback (SS-208), a Tambor-class boat commissioned on June 30, 1941. Initially, the Grayback was assigned to the Atlantic theater, but she ...
A crew researching an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II made a remarkable ... found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously ...
(Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune) Thousands of Vietnam War veterans and Vietnamese-Americans flooded the USS Midway’s flight deck Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of ...
The history center’s lower level also includes exhibits on abolitionists John Brown and Sojourner Truth, along with Civil War artifacts ... of airships USS Akron and Macon.
The USS Iowa BB 61, a highly decorated WWII-era battleship (1943-1990), saw action in World War II, the Korean War and Gulf War. The first USS Iowa BB 4 (1897-1919) saw action in the Spanish ...
A Grade 12 student at Uxbridge Secondary School has been awarded a $100,000 Loran scholarship. Eighteen-year-old Mallory Maschke was one of 36 exceptional youth chosen to receive the scholarship ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) lost a F/A-18E Super Hornet and a tow tractor Monday, as the aircraft carrier was operated in the Red Sea. Sailors were ...
His research focuses on ballooning in the Civil War. Smithsonian/Mark Avino The ... starting with the USS Akron and USS Macon. The 785-foot-long Akron and Macon were designed with internal ...