The USS Tang was a Balao -class submarine constructed during the Second World War. The building contract was awarded to Mare ...

A second explosion — the cause of which is still the ship’s most enduring mystery — helped ensure ... or right, side which ...

In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser. Only 316 of the 900 sailors who survived the initial attack were ultimately rescued ...

Divers found Royal Navy crockery still sitting in the ship’s rooms. Nearly 110 years ago, the HMS Hawke was sent plunging to the bottom of the sea by a torpedo launched from a German U-boat.

HMS Somerset recently arrived at Faslane in Scotland. As the designated Towed Array Patrol Ship (TAPS) vessel, HMS Somerset ...

The Navy will hold an industry day next month as it prepares to initiate a contract competition for a torpedo countermeasures system, the AN/SLQ-25E NIXIE, according to a Thursday service announcement ...

In an instant, the cable was slipped, the alarm sounded, and all hands beat to quarters, but before the ship had made any headway the torpedo exploded under the starboard quarter making a most ...

She held her own, destroying six enemy torpedo planes with anti-aircraft fire. Afterward, she remained in the area in a group of 13 ships. In the small hours of November 13, a Japanese force of ...

Pfc. Kenneth R. Rosenberry, born in Letterkenny Township, was killed during the sinking of the Arisan Maru on Oct. 24, 1944, ...

BAE Systems will conduct the assessment phase of the Sting Ray Mid Life Upgrade (SRMLU) programme. The upgrade will see the ...

Thousands of children are still learning survival skills at camps first created to teach young sailors how to withstand ...

To commemorate today’s POW/MIA Recognition Day, volunteers of the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars have written memorials to honor the American Prisoners of War who perished in the World War II ...