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WW2 hunter becomes deep sea mystery lost with 84 sailors onboard
The USS Snook (SS-279) was one of the most successful American submarines of World War II, sinking dozens of enemy ships ...
They’re the caretakers of one of only five remaining diesel boats in the U.S. fleet, a boat that in many ways was the link ...
A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years
Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944, a German U-boat torpedo killed 763 American soldiers just five miles from ...
The HMS Anson is the fifth Astute-class fast attack submarine in Royal Navy service—and the eighth vessel to bear the name of ...
It is the most numerous military aircraft ever produced and the second largest number of all types, including civil, popularly known as the Shturmovík (meaning ‘attacker’ or ‘stormer’). A total of ...
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The secret American ship sacrificed in World War II
In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble was USS Atik and the crew sent to sea aboard her. This story examines how ...
How the US treats its allies has been a crucial question for every president. What evolved over the centuries into an ...
In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what ...
The Exmouth bomb was moved out to sea on Friday morning Residents have been allowed to return home following the removal of two World War Two bombs discovered in Devon. The German bombs were ...
Sandbags were being delivered in both Exmouth and Plymouth as emergency services work in and around the cordons A World War Two bomb dredged from the water in Exmouth is to be disposed of at sea on ...
New tugs, intended to support operations at the British naval base with nuclear submarines in Faslane, may be built in China. This is part of a major fleet modernization program, according to the UK ...
Britain’s Ministry of Defence says design work is already underway on new floating dry docks for the Royal Navy, a project intended to ease mounting pressure on submarine maintenance as the country ...
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