In late 1944, the Liberty ship Robert J. Walker was steaming through what seemed like safe Allied waters off Australia when U ...

In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new ...

Rhode Island's summer tourism forecast for 2025 appears less optimistic than previous years due to economic concerns and other factors. A ban on "assault weapons" in Rhode Island was approved by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four ...

U-96 was already one of Germany’s most successful Type VII submarines by the time war correspondent Lothar-Günther Buchheim came aboard in 1941. Under Captain Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the boat ...

Alexander Rose’s "Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II’s Most Daring Heist" is a thrilling, deeply researched account of one of the most audacious naval operations of ...

May 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1718, the French established the city of New Orleans on land inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. The actual date of the city's founding is unknown, but the ...

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