In early 1945, the skies roared as American aircraft set their sights on the very heart of the Japanese Navy at Kure: the ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

Explore Mission Local's timeline of 100+ years at the Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco's only Superfund site.

The 866-acre Hunters Point site was home to a shipyard from 1945 to 1974 and the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory from 1948 to 1960. By decontaminating ships after atomic bomb tests and other ...

Despite these assurances, the historical context of the site cannot be ignored; the Navy operated the shipyard from 1945 to ...

The Navy’s Disappearing Fleet When World War II ended in 1945, the U.S. Navy was the most powerful maritime force in his ...

By Jeffrey Dumas The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange fascination about the Nazis persists, including on eastern Long Island. Christopher C. Verga, ...

The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

Under gray skies, Philadelphia gleamed red, white and blue Monday as crowds gathered along JFK Boulevard for a parade celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Spectators braved the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was 250 years ago in Philadelphia that the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy were both founded. A quarter of a millennium later, both military branches returned to town to ...