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Today in Aviation History: Loss of USS Macon
On this day in aviation history, February 12, 1935, the United States Navy’s scouting airship and “flying aircraft carrier” USS Macon (ZRS-5) was lost in a storm of the California coast. Having once ...
USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.
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Why USS Inaugural was left to rust despite being Admirable-class fleet
The USS Inaugural was once an active naval vessel, but today it stands abandoned and deteriorating. This video explores how ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Thousands of sailors call ships home for months at a time, and some of these ships, such as the USS George H ...
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 ...
Twenty-five years ago this week a nuclear powered aircraft carrier was commissioned honoring Illinois' favorite son. The USS Abraham Lincoln began a world tour that continues to this day. The ship is ...
Seven U.S. Navy vessels have been named the USS California since 1867. Perhaps the most famous is the fifth one, the Tennessee-class battleship given the identification number BB-44 (“Battleship #44”) ...
In the Bay Area, nice ships are a dime a dozen. But there’s only one ship that was the presidential yacht for Franklin D. Roosevelt and owned by Elvis, then later impounded in one of the biggest drug ...
Located along the San Joaquin River, Stockton has a rich maritime history dating back to the Gold Rush of the 1800s. Traders and supply ships would travel the river to supply crews in the gold fields ...
Crew members of the future USS Arizona submarine visited a Mesa museum to talk about the new submarine under construction bearing the Arizona name.
MOUNT PLESANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Friday morning, Patriots Point will welcome veterans who once called “the Fighting Lady” home, for an annual memorial service to honor and recognize those who paid the ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Thousands of sailors call ships home for months at a time, and some of these ships, such as the USS George H.W. Bush, are named after certain people or places. In this case, the ...
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