U.S. Navy pilots flew the TBD-1 Devastator against the Japanese in the 1942 Battles of Coral Sea and Midway. Developed by Douglas Aircraft Co. in 1937, the Devastator was the Navy’s first ...

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s a floating time capsule along the lakeshore, with a unique link to U.S. history. The building of the Navy’s secret weapons connects Manitowoc to a turning point in World ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

Aircraft carriers replaced battleships as dominant naval power during WWII by striking targets hundreds of miles beyond visual range. Submarines waged economic warfare targeting supply lines. German U ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms. The U.S.S. Johnston ...