USS New Orleans, shown here on visit to New Orleans in 1935, is giving up its ship's bell so that New Orleans may have it as a permanent memento for the city. Arrow points to bell.

"USS New Orleans was the victim of probably the most devastating surface torpedo attack in history, which sank the heavy cruiser USS Northampton and severely damaged other heavy cruisers," Cox said.

Note: In the interview about the USS New Orleans, we incorrectly stated that the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred more than 70 years ago. It has been over 80 years. The story has been updated. — ...

The first of seven New Orleans-class heavy cruisers built during the 1930s, the USS New Orleans saw some of the heaviest fighting during the Pacific war, beginning on Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.

In a remarkable twist of history, the role of fruit in a WWII naval escape has come to light with the discovery of the USS New Orleans’s missing bow. Struck by a Japanese torpedo during the ...

An anchor remains still attached to the bow of the USS New Orleans. The bow was blown off in a 1942 battle and was lost on the seafloor until July 6, when it was found by the Ocean Exploration Trust.

A few flecks of residual paint and an engraved anchor were enough to link mystery wreckage at the bottom of the South Pacific to the saga of the USS New Orleans. Researchers aboard the NOAA Ocean ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.

The first of seven New Orleans-class heavy cruisers built during the 1930s, the USS New Orleans saw some of the heaviest fighting during the Pacific war, beginning on Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.

An anchor remains still attached to the bow of the USS New Orleans. The bow was blown off in a 1942 battle and was lost on the seafloor until July 6, when it was found by the Ocean Exploration Trust.

The impact killed 182 men and left the USS New Orleans struggling to stay afloat, but the crew refused to give up, the museum says. What happened next counts as an “improbable story,” the ...

The impact killed 182 men and left the USS New Orleans struggling to stay afloat, but the crew refused to give up, the museum says. What happened next counts as an “improbable story,” the ...