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WASHINGTON – The Secretary of the Navy announced on July 17 the full exoneration of the remaining 256 defendants of the 1944 Port Chicago general and summary courts-martial. Carlos Del Toro, Secretary ...

Japanese soldiers were beating a POW to the brink of death... that is until Richard Antrim stepped forward and offered to ...

A photograph from a series of images showing the tattoos of C. A. Lushbaugh, who served in the Navy in the 1920s. (USS Arizona Memorial Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command) During his third ...

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The USS Edsall, an American warship known for its crew’s courageous last stand against Japanese forces during World War II, has been found. The U.S. Navy ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces called the “dancing mouse.” The intact wreck of the U.S.S. Edsall, sunk in ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

The US Navy banned alcohol consumption on naval vessels, bases and shipyards in 1914. As the US faced the impending threat of war, sailors needed an alternative morale boost: ice cream. The Navy built ...

U.S. Navy warships fly battle flags for many reasons, most often when they're entering or exiting their home port or during a training exercise at sea. Usually, battle flags are designed to pay ...

A World War II-era ship born along the Napa River and tested in harrowing Navy and Coast Guard missions by the dozens looks to have a better future than the scrap heap. Mark “Doc” Avraham is ...

An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle after the attack on Pearl Harbor has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. More than 200 American servicemen ...