Long before the United States became a global superpower, ships connected the young nation to the wider world. They carried settlers across oceans, protected commerce, explored distant waters, and ...

In October 1944, during World War II, a small American destroyer escort made a decision that defied logic. USS Samuel B Roberts turned toward the largest battleship ever built — Yamato — and charged ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Divers solved an 80-year mystery off the Italian coast and found the forgotten resting place of World War II service members. The last physical ...