When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941, tensions in the Pacific were nearly about to peak. Notably, the Mighty Mo was the final battleship to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy. During its ...

The USS Cobia, a WWII submarine museum ship in Manitowoc, is undergoing essential dry dock maintenance for the first time since 1996. The dry docking will allow for hull cleaning, inspection and ...

On April 11, 1945, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was piloting a Zero fighter carrying a 500-kilogram ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

But the submarine remained undeterred. The USS Housatonic arrived in the harbor ... To save time, every day he wore the same type of black polo shirt, with black or gray cargo hiking pants that ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...

This WWII-era submarine, also docked in Baltimore, allows visitors to experience the confined quarters of a Navy crew. It’s famous for firing the last operational torpedoes of World War II. Great for ...