Tested on Lake Pontchartrain, it saw combat in the Mediterranean (notching three “kills” on enemy vessels) and was shipped back to the United States ... PT-305’s history, weapons, WWII ...

He studied at the University of Richmond before the United States entered World War II ... joined the Navy as a commissioned officer the next year. He commanded patrol torpedo (PT) boats for ...

The wreck of what was once known as the mysterious “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” that fought on both sides of the Pacific theater in WWII has been ... ships in the US Navy’s Asiatic fleet ...

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II ... that got the US Navy's attention ...

In many areas of Europe, it's hard to escape the visual reminders of World War II's devastating ... the war and told us that ...

The fate of a WW2 bomber navigator who was missing presumed ... "She didn’t actually say to us, look Dad is dead, she just said look he’s missing presumed dead." He added: "It upset her ...

November 7, 2022 A riverine command boat operates alongside the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...

A suspected wartime artillery item discovered on a Somerset beach has been destroyed in a secure location by the Royal Navy. HM Coastguard Watchet responded to reports of the item on the shoreline ...