On This Day: USS Maine explodes, sparks Spanish-American War
On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...
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FDR’s great-grandson takes the helm of marketing, sales for Battleship Iowa in San Pedro
Linking a renowned family legacy to San Pedro’s historic World War II battleship, Hall Delano Roosevelt II, 32, has been ...
The National Interest21h
PT-109: The WWII Boat of LTJG (and Future POTUS) John F. Kennedy
Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...
Stars and Stripes23h
Truman still in Mediterranean following collision with cargo ship near Suez Canal
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman remains in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as its crew assesses damage from a ...
The News Letter23h
Roamer: Local sailing ship was wartime hero and sea-going film star
For the last couple of Saturdays, Carrickfergus’s First World War Q-Ship called Result dominated this page. Today it’s her equally heroic sister’s turn - the Carrickfergus-built Q-Ship called Mary B ...