National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

Sinking exercises provide participating units the opportunity to build proficiency and confidence in their weapons and ...

A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender A peace treaty effecting the end of the second World War is being signed aboard the USS Missouri. Admiral Chester Nimitz of ...

Lestat holds his arm up with a small amount of blood trickling from his lips in Interview With The Vampire. Image via Warner Bros. Anne Rice brought vampires to life in New Orleans with her Interview ...

In November 1944, the massive Japanese carrier Shinano departed Yokosuka on her maiden voyage, escorted by three destroyers. Unfinished, undercrewed, and carrying aircraft as cargo—not for combat—she ...

More than eight decades since the “Day of Infamy,” scientists are still studying the Pearl Harbor attack. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Falmouth reported Friday that oil from the ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS George Washington quietly steamed out of Tokyo Bay on Tuesday to resume its annual patrol after an extended mid-deployment stop. The carrier was initially ...

Residents of Pugad, an island in the Philippines, have to remove water from their homes by hand, sometimes spending hours scooping each day. Their island is flooded about three times a week. According ...

Cryptocurrencies took a breather, likely due to more hawkish comments made in the Federal Reserve's meeting yesterday. The U.S. dollar has also been on the rise lately. Because cryptocurrencies were ...

The lead vessel of a new class of nuclear-powered supercarriers, USS Gerald R. Ford is currently the largest warship ever constructed in terms of displacement. Following a deployment to the North Sea ...