On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

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, ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

The XF8B was envisioned to provide the U.S. Navy with a long-range carrier-borne fighter that could take the fight to the Japanese mainland. When it comes to military aircraft manufacturing, Boeing is ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy ... with a torpedo just before midnight on June 19, 1944. Brazil was the only South American country to send troops overseas in World War II.

The first of a number of expected US B-52 bombers touched down today at an RAF base in Gloucestershire. The long-range bomber, expected to be involved in any conflict with Iraq, is the first of ...

A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red Sea last ... "But there's a lot of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style." The MK-45 is a five-inch artillery ...

The Royal Navy EOD Team confirmed the device was a World War Two mills bomb - a pineapple-shaped hand grenade. It said the device was taken to Devonport in Plymouth where it was made safe.