HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship, was laid down in 1941 amid shifting naval tactics favoring aircraft carriers over traditional battleships. Despite being completed in 1946, post-WWII, Vanguard ...

The Nov. 16 celebration is also themed “Techs On Deck” to encourage youth toward choosing science and technology careers.

The USS Oriskany, a retired Essex-class aircraft carrier, now rests off Florida’s coast as the world’s largest artificial ...

When the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal suffered a severe fire on July 29, 1967 off the coast of Vietnam, it was the second worst loss of life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. And now that ...

Sitting in frigid Seaplane Lagoon off the coast of Alameda, the USS Hornet has had a storied history. One of only four such carriers left in the world, it ...

KINGWOOD, W.Va (WDTV) - The remains of a U.S. Naval Pilot from WWII have been reunited with a Kingwood family. Lt. Jay Ross ...

Venture into Austin’s Driskill Hotel if you dare. Known as one of Texas’ most haunted hotels, it’s home to a ghostly girl ...

Barbara J. Mabe, a former World War II defense worker and Baltimore Sun route owner, died Oct. 17 at her Ellicott City home.

Aircraft carriers have been a crucial element in combat since they were invented, but they didn't see combat against each ...

Henry Kaiser’s mass-produced Casablanca-class "jeep carriers" became a crucial U.S. Navy asset during WWII. Though smaller ...

Japan has been dramatically overhauling its Self-Defense Force since October 2021, creating its first amphibious military unit and developing its first aircraft carriers since World War II.

The USS Princeton became a top-of-the-line aircraft carrier in August 1943 and played a prime ... Leick said he has always been interested in history and has wanted to write about “World War II, ...