Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.
Ringle wrote the 1998 book “Life in Mr. Lincoln’s Navy.” The 240-page work is about shipboard life in the Civil War.
The U.S. Navy’s shift from sail to steam wasn’t a breakthrough overnight, fuel shortages and logistics quietly reshaped ...
Oceanside native Elana Meyers Taylor, 41, won monobob gold in Milan, becoming the oldest woman to claim an individual Winter ...
As America marks 250 years of independence, Commodore John Barry's journey from Wexford to Revolutionary War legend reveals ...
In March 1942, under cover of darkness and deception, British naval forces and commandos executed Operation Chariot—a daring raid on the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire. Facing thousands of ...
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How wartime necessity created naval frankensteins

Some ships were not simply refitted — they were reinvented under pressure. From luxury liners turned aircraft carriers to ...
For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the ...
For the Indian Navy, geography defines India’s strategic outlook. With its northern land spread, interlocked majorly between China and Pakistan, India’s often underappreciated but greatest strategic ...
Elana Meyers Taylor's father, Eddie Meyers, was a standout running back at Navy from 1978-81. Meyers rushed for 1,318 yards ...
It is said that luck is when preparation and opportunity meet. For a Boston bartender, that combination also resulted in a rather tasty concoction and company.
Twin brothers Larry and Kelly Ganges grew up outside of Trenton with people constantly mispronouncing their last name.