World War II Navy veteran Harsel Durham served aboard the USS Richmond and fought in the Battle of Komandorski — Retired ...

Bill Margraf •Born Jan. 19, 1926 Sometimes, you get lucky. Other times, you have to be patient. For Bill Margraf, a World War ...

In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble ...

Disguised as an ordinary civilian vessel, this ship secretly served as a floating base for specialized weapons and covert ...

A Wilmington native who died while being held as a prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II has been positively identified through analysis of his remains, U.S. military officials said this ...

There are incidents of Commonwealth airmen being captured after taking off from Malta, such as the case of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAA (Royal Australian Air Force) the crew ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...

Officials say that France’s Navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker in the ...

Arthur P. Barrett Jr. served on the USS De Haven, a destroyer he and his father helped build at Bath Iron Works.

In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what ...

For decades, the Navy SEALs have been among the most recognized names of the U.S. military's elite warfighters. This month marks 64 years since the ...

The following is the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command 2025 in review. From the Report As the Department of War’s maritime ...