USS LST 325, the last fully operational World War II Landing Ship Tank in the United States, will make a stop in Muscatine September 11 – 15. The 328-foot-long ship left its home port in Evansville, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships and earned 12 battle stars during World War II. Visitors can tour the vessel at the ...

In early 1942, the United States launched a secret naval experiment to stop German submarines. At the center of that gamble ...

In November 1942, during World War II, an American battleship fought one of the most decisive naval battles in history ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...

Scientists and explorers have found the severed bow of a damaged World War II warship. A team aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus found the USS New Orleans 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands' ...

Muscatine residents had a chance to see LST-324 World War II Memorial Ship, which lives on as a memorial to those who served on it and meaningful symbol for veterans. Thanks to its crew’s efforts, the ...

Arthur P. Barrett Jr. served on the USS De Haven, a destroyer he and his father helped build at Bath Iron Works.

The massive vessels were decommissioned in favor of smaller, more versatile ships. And experts are skeptical of the plan to build new ones.