The German U-boat U-853 was sunk off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, in May 1945, marking the last U.S. merchant ...

Military attaches attend the British Cemetery Ceremony May 9 on Ocracoke. From left are Capt. Timothy List, U.S.C.G. Sector Commander; Commander Richard Lane, Canadian Forces Naval attaché; ...

In 1914, an anti-submarine net was constructed between Cramond Island, Inchmickery, Inchcolm, and the Fife coast. At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Cramond Island was refortified to ...

The ship famously stayed afloat after multiple bombs were dropped on it by Japanese aircraft, but was too weak to withstand a submarine ... Navy ships from World War II, all of them serving ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known WWII battle ... of a plane crash or an abandoned trapper’s ...

Affectionately nicknamed "Malyutki," meaning "Little Ones," these submarines played a role during World War II, undertaking dangerous missions in hostile waters. The discovery of "M-49" not only ...

I’m not a historian, but I’ve been interested in WWII, particularly the submarine service ... There’s a myth that that the Navy abandoned Guadalcanal but the Navy lost almost four times ...

WASHINGTON — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members ... of being torpedoed and possibly sunk by the German submarines patrolling the area. On board the ship were ...

U.S. and Japanese forces fought over the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Relics of this conflict ... and it was eventually abandoned—except for a Coast Guard station that closed in 2010.

Evidence of the global scale of World War II can be found in even the most remote locations, such as this abandoned Japanese tank on the ... On 9 May this German submarine, U-352, was destroyed by a ...

Recently, they embarked on a journey at the site of the UB-88 submarine wreck off the coast of San Pedro. The World War II U-boat is covered ... nets do because the abandoned nets do what they ...