Eli and Betsy McCarter of Gatlinburg had twelve children: ten reached adulthood, including four sons. All four sons and a daughter served in World War II. During the war, Betsy ...

The keel was laid for USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine, amid a transition away from Los ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

On December 10, 1898, the United States signed a historic peace treaty to end the momentous Spanish-American War. The treaty ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...

America has no shortage of military museums spread across the country, but having one inside of a retired aircraft carrier is ...

"Here on Ford Island, in the heart of Pearl Harbor, the Museum is the guardian of the history of America's World War II aviation battlefield," said Museum Board Chair Gen. Raymond E. Johns (USAF ret.) ...

Even before the first Japanese bomb fell, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow ...

America’s Essex-class aircraft carriers were the backbone of U.S. naval power in World War II’s Pacific War and stayed ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

Most recent aircraft carriers have been named for US presidents—but this is not a hard and fast rule, and many other servicemembers and officials have also been honored.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar on Oct. 1 for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, is currently heading toward the Caribbean. (Mass ...