A WWI German U-Boat with 23 dead sailors inside has been found off the coast...
An intact German World War I submarine containing the bodies of 23 people has been found off the coast of Belgium, authorities said Tuesday. Western Flanders Governor Carl Decaluwe told The Associated...
View ArticleGermany's entire submarine fleet is now out of action
BERLIN (AP) — All of Germany's six submarines are out of action, and the country's defense minister isn't happy about it. The Kieler Nachrichten newspaper reports that four U-boats are being serviced...
View ArticleThese improvised Navy ships were like Venus fly traps for Nazi submarines
During World War II, the US Navy and Coast Guard were tasked with ruining the days of any and every Nazi submarine they could find, but those underwater dongs of death were notorious for staying...
View Article9 photos of WWII escort aircraft carriers, the US Navy's small but effective...
Fleet-sized aircraft carriers, such as the USS Enterprise and USS Midway, captured the public's attention during the air battles of World War II. But the majority of the US Navy's aircraft carriers...
View Article77 years ago on Halloween, the first US warship sunk by the enemy in World...
After the start of World War II in Europe in September 1939, the US, which hadn't declared war, provided some aid to Allied countries. That included help escorting convoys across the Atlantic, which...
View ArticleAfter 100 years, the Navy thinks it knows what sank the only major US warship...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major US warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy believes it has the answer to what doomed the USS San Diego: An...
View ArticleWhat it was like to be on the wrong end of a Nazi U-boat attack
The Merchant Marine in World War II was supposed to just tool around the world's oceans, delivering supplies to ports and troops in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific while the real fighting was done by...
View ArticleNavies used to have a morbid way to confirm when they'd destroyed an enemy sub
Ships hunting subs faced a sort of odd challenge when it came to confirming their number of kills. After all, their target was often underwater, there weren't always a lot of other ships around to...
View ArticleThe last US Navy warship sunk by a German sub in World War II has finally...
The US Navy warship USS Eagle, a patrol boat sunk off the coast of Maine, has finally been found. The ship went down in April 1945, taking most of its crew with it, and was the last US Navy ship sunk...
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