On October 23, 1941, US Navy destroyer USS Reuben James left Newfoundland to escort a convoy bound for Britain. Two days later, the German U-boat U-552 ... the enemy in World War II.
He studied at the University of Richmond before the United States entered World War II ... joined the Navy as a commissioned officer the next year. He commanded patrol torpedo (PT) boats for ...
Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II ... that got the US Navy's attention ...
The fate of a WW2 bomber navigator who was missing presumed ... "She didn’t actually say to us, look Dad is dead, she just said look he’s missing presumed dead." He added: "It upset her ...
November 7, 2022 A riverine command boat operates alongside the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...
Helicopters from the USS Eisenhower responded to the second distress call from a Danish container ship in 24 hours The US Navy has destroyed Houthi "small boats" whose crew attempted to board a ...
A suspected wartime artillery item discovered on a Somerset beach has been destroyed in a secure location by the Royal Navy. HM Coastguard Watchet responded to reports of the item on the shoreline ...