The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie Kitty Rippin after they surprised her with cake ...

Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single ...

Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...

The crew of the USS Fort Worth gathered Monday to celebrate the milestone birthday of Elsie “Kitty” Rippin, a World War II ...

This month saw the launch of the Battle Buddies project at Millway House care home, aimed at forging connections between ...

The two pilots had a combined total of 1,500 flight hours and the crew chief was a senior aviator with at least 500 hours in ...