In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...

This story has been updated with additional information from U.S. Central Command about the sinking of an IRGCN corvette. An American attack submarine sank an Iranian Navy ship off the coast of Sri ...

To this day, there has only been one recorded instance of submarine-on-submarine warfare during WWII. The German Navy's destroyed U-864 is toxic to this day.

In 1942, World War II reached a breaking point in the Atlantic. German U-boats were sinking Allied ships faster than they ...

The Torsk's sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades - that is until March 3 ...

The marker placement is an America 250 World War II Wilmington activity of the WWII Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition.

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

A single Mk-48 torpedo achieved "immediate effect" on an Iranian frigate, which was operating in the Indian Ocean, the ...

The American Legion Post 159 held its annual Four Chaplains ceremony to honor World War II lieutenants.

Submarines operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres, attacking warships, merchant vessels and supply routes throughout the second World War.

Even if U.S. drug policy weren’t being created by people with the analytical skills of a meth-addled raccoon, it probably still wouldn’t make much of a dent.

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...