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About 30 people aboard the museum ship Laffey were left stranded Feb. 26 when the gangway of the WW II-era destroyer collapsed.

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

Since the launch of USS Bainbridge in 1902, the U.S. Navy has produced 35 destroyer classes, not including numerous subclasses, evolving from small torpedo boat hunters into multi-mission warships ...

The deepest shipwreck dive in history has uncovered a WWII US Navy destroyer four miles underwater. The USS Johnston was found east of Samar Island in the Philippines. The wreck was a US Navy Fletcher ...