Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.

The name Matagorda usually lands on a map, not a ship’s stern, but in World War II it did both. USS Matagorda took its name from Matagorda Bay and went ...

Long ago, on a faraway Aleutian island, a pair of rare beaked whales got stranded. One was saved by biologists and swam back to sea. The other perished, and its skeleton now hangs in the atrium of ...

Through the Bimini Day Trip experience, guests arrive at Tropic's Fort Lauderdale seaplane terminal just 30 minutes before departure, take off in the morning, land in Bimini before 9:00am, spend the ...

A new exhibition has opened at the Seaplane Harbor Museum in Tallinn, honoring artists across generations and countries who answered the sea's call with brushstrokes.

The Martin P6M SeaMaster was a jet-powered Navy seaplane built for nuclear strike missions, but shifting strategy and new ...

Flying boats were once among the most important aircraft of World War II. They hunted submarines, rescued crews, and protected vital shipping lanes across the Atlantic. Yet despite their contributions ...

Hellenic Seaplanes has secured 30 additional water aerodrome licences and is now awaiting approval for scheduled flights, a move seen as crucial for launching a national route network.

The Pacific during the Second World War was the largest battlefield in history, yet all but a tiny fraction of it was water. As a direct result the flying boat was of particular value in this realm, ...

ACTOR and comedian, Royal Naval airman and Prisoner of War, Cheshire-born Peter Butterworth made his name in the popular Carry On series of ...

The Naval Academy held the Class of 2026 Surface Warfare Officer Ship Selection ceremony Thursday evening in Alumni Hall. Classmates, family and friends cheer for their midshipmen and bring signs to ...

The U.S. Navy has selected the Gentex Pursuit helmet as the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet (NGFWH) to equip flight crews of E-2D, F/A-18, E/A-18G, T-45, T-6 and UJTS. Gentex Corporation has ...