The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

Jeffboat built a reputation as one of the country's largest inland shipyards, and while the company is known for the massive towboats launched into the Ohio River, large World War II-era vessels also ...

U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific Theater. The boats carried troops and large equipment, ...

HMS Diamond downed multiple Houthi drones and missiles during the US-led “Operation Prosperity Guardian” near Yemen, earning ...

Operation Fish was a secret mission that would see Halifax play a key role in ensuring Britain's success in the war.

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Most of the best aircraft operated by the Royal Navy during the Second World War were of American origin and types such as ...

IN the early years of the Second World War, the British people were called upon to raise money to keep the navy afloat.

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CLEVELAND — Two hundred fifty years ago, before the United States was even fully born, the Continental Congress voted to form a Navy -- a handful of ships to defend a brand new nation at war for its ...