Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering ...

For a brief, blazing moment in the age of sail, a single wooden warship could define what “fast” meant on the open ocean, turning raw timber and canvas into a kind of national calling card. The story ...

The Navy continues the Enterprise name because it symbolizes centuries of distinguished service, making it a legacy worth ...

LONDON, UK — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it sparked a hunt by archaeologists, scientists and local historians ...

Long before WWII’s U-boat wolfpacks made headlines, one German sub was already rewriting the rules of naval warfare. SM U-35 ...

THE heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had raced across the Pacific with components of the first atomic bomb. But two torpedoes ...

Some other little-known facts about Olympia (and the time she served during): • She was one of the first ships with electricity, refrigeration, experimental radio, and SONAR. • During her service, ...

During World War II, a Japanese Navy destroyer called the Teruzuki sank in the Pacific waters near the Solomon Islands. Now, 83 years later, the shipwreck has been found and photographed. The wreck is ...

In 1938, with war looming, the British Royal Navy rushed to fill a gap in its convoy escort capabilities. The result was the Hunt-class destroyers, ships meant to guard slow-moving merchant convoys ...

The Russian Navy has had difficulty naming its ships for famous Russian admirals—in large part because there have been so few of them deserving of the honor.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is seeking to arrest those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer, as it denied the warship suffered major damage — a claim quickly met ...