HONIARA, Solomon Islands - Maritime experts on an expedition around the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific recently explored the wreckage of the USS Laffey, a destroyer sunk during a pivotal series ...

Marine life is thriving on unexploded bombs and sunken ships left over from the world wars, according to two new studies. The first study looked at a dump site for World War II bombs in the Baltic Sea ...

Which battleships sunk in combat throughout the Second World War? We often think of the ground battles of World War 2, the massive campaigns of the sky, and other valiant battle fronts. However, the ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tractor on the wreck of the USS Hornet. On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during ...

(CNN) — (CNN) – The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. (CNN) — (CNN) – The bow ...

During World War II, any deadly new innovation had the potential to help push one side toward victory. Tragically, this focus on new weaponry led to the development of a formidable torpedo in Japan ...