Webster County native Lambert Ray Tapp joined the Navy in Louisville on March 6, 1940, and ended up on the battleship Arizona ...

Navy nurse Alice Darrow came to Pearl Harbor as a VIP guest for the anniversary commemorations of Imperial Japan’s Dec. 7, ...

Even before the first Japanese bomb fell, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow ...

In a unique partnership between the Intrepid Museum and FARO Technologies, one of America's most historic aircraft carriers ...

On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

Across the world, members of our armed forces come together, share a meal, and remember that they are not alone.

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

Richard Aldrich, a 98-year-old WWII Navy veteran, will be rooting for Navy over Notre Dame. Aldrich enlisted in the Navy at 17 in 1945 and served for over a year in the Pacific. He is one of an ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Navy and Marine Corps' 250th birthday celebration in Philadelphia wrapped up with a ship sendoff Thursday. Navy and Coast Guard vessels that arrived last week set sail to ...

The U.S. Navy will commission its newest ship, the USS Pierre (LCS 38), in Panama City on November 15. This vessel is the 19th and final Independence-variant littoral combat ship, designed for ...