In January 1914, the battleship Mississippi sailed through Pensacola Pass with a handful of bi-planes and the pioneering ...

The first was a World War II-era submarine chaser commissioned in the 1940s. The new USS Pierre will be home-ported in San ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering ...

John U. Bacon’s new book “The Gales of November” revisits the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy with fresh reporting, family voices, and new insights 50 years later.

Nolan Church joined the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a porter late in life — a new career at age 50 after he was laid off from mining-related work in Silver Bay.

Jay Leno's garage is hybrid car collection, museum, and restoration shop. Here are some of the rarest cars Leno keeps in his ...

Ten Spy Planes of World War II Aerial intelligence gathering during wartime is a high-risk mission. Reconnaissance aircraft must navigate enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying on ...

The Pacific Northwest is a key hub of the U.S. maritime industry, home to dozens of small and large shipyards that support a ...

Veterans and families — and football fans — gathered on board the Battleship Iowa in San Pedro on Sunday, Nov. 9, to enjoy an early celebration of Veterans Day. Admission was free. Highlights included ...

With a $916 billion defense budget, more than the next nine highest spending countries combined, the United States is the ...