On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.

Of a crew of 1,196, only 316 survived. This Veterans Day, Nov. 11, hear the story of Adolfo Celaya, one of the last living survivors of the USS Indianapolis, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at ...

It's an 18-year early retirement for the USS Detroit, which was meant to have a service life of 25 years. The ship cost about $440 million when built in Marinette, Wisconsin — just across the ...

On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the National Museum of the Pacific War will host a special tribute to honor the crew of the USS ...

As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...