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You’ve heard of “home for the holidays,” but we think “leading a 40,000-ton US Navy dreadnought battleship into naval combat for the holidays” sounds a…

Operation Catechism: Demise of the German Battleship Tirpitz

Tirpitz at sea

When asked about Germany’s best warships during the Second World War, odds are Bismarck and Tirpitz come to mind. These behemoths, with their over 50,000-ton…

USS Mason (DE-529): ‘Eleanor’s Folly’ Helped Break Racial Barriers in the US Navy

Three sailors standing near the docked USS Mason (DE-529)

When you think of history-defining naval vessels, odds are the USS Mason (DE-529) comes to mind. The Evarts-class destroyer escort served valiantly in the final…

HMS Glowworm (H92) vs Admiral Hipper: A Daring Battle in the North Sea

HMS Glowworm (H92) at sea

The HMS Glowworm (H92) may have been lost early in the Second World War, but that doesn’t mean the British destroyer didn’t play an important…

The Touching Ceremonies That Allowed USS Arizona (BB-39) Survivors to Reunite With Their Fallen Shipmates

Aerial view of the USS Arizona Memorial

The USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the US Navy in the mid-1910s. She was named for the 48th state,…

The US Military Once Built a Japanese Warship in the Middle of the California Desert

North American B-25 Mitchell flying over the Muroc Maru

Did you know the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) constructed a Japanese warship in the middle of the California desert during the Second World War?…

Over 80 Years After Being Sunk By the Japanese, the ‘Dancing Mouse’ Has Been Found

USS Edsall (DD-219) at sea

The wreck of the US Navy destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219), better known as the “Dancing Mouse,” has been identified off the coast of Australia. The…

British Submarine Found 81 Years After Disappearing Without a Trace

HMS Trooper (N91) surfacing while leaving port

A Royal Navy submarine that seemingly vanished without a trace during the Second World War has finally been located off the coast of Greece. HMS…

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ Discovered Off the Coast of California

Sonar image of the USS Stewart (DD-224) on the seafloor

Over 78 years after she was sunk by the US Navy off the coast of San Francisco, California, the wreck of the USS Stewart (DD-224)…

China’s Newest Nuclear Submarine Sank Earlier This Year, US Officials Confirm

Type 094 nuclear ballistic missile submarine at sea

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) suffered a major blow earlier this year when its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank pier-side. News of the sinking,…

USS Tang (SS-306): The Decorated US Submarine That Was Sunk By Her Own Torpedo

USS Tang (SS-306) leaving port

The USS Tang (SS-306) was one of the most effective submarines to serve in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. Over the course…

China Secretly Salvaged a British Submarine From the Ocean Floor and No One Found Out Until Decades Later

HMS Poseidon (P99) at sea

In 1931, the British Royal Navy lost one of its long-range submarines, just under two years after the vessel was commissioned. The incident, which saw…