The Spruance-class destroyer was as large as a World War II cruiser—but Congress nearly killed the program because lawmakers thought the ship didn’t look imposing enough next to heavily armed Soviet ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went down at the hands of the ...

In the summer of 1940, it became clear that Great Britain was in trouble. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi army was running wild in Europe and its navy was stifling the flow of food and material to the British ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- With the blare of air horns, cheers and a champagne toast, "The Ship That Would Not Die" returned Wednesday to its home at a maritime museum on Charleston Harbor on the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Firefighters in South Carolina were called to an unusual incident in which 30 people were reportedly trapped on a retired military vessel on Thursday. The Mount Pleasant Fire ...