USS William D. Porter had all the makings of another proud US Navy ship when it arrived during World War II. But the Fletcher-class destroyer's service life was marred by a serious of mistakes and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The unluckiest ship in the Navy had one good turn left: every single member of her crew escaped with his life. Patriotic action movies would... Here’s What You Need ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The unluckiest ship in the Navy had one good turn left: every single member of her crew escaped with his life. Patriotic action movies would have you believe military ...

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS William D. Porter sinks after receiving severe underwater damage from a nearby explosion from a kamikaze suicide aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, on June 10, 1945. (U.S. Navy ...

FDR fireside chat on U.S. Supreme Court Reform Plan, 1937 (Harris & Ewing photograph/Library of Congress) During World War II, the U.S. Navy almost achieved what the Axis powers could only dream of: ...

Faces were pale and eyes wide as the American sailors on the deck of the destroyer USS William D. Porter saw the ghost flying above them. It was the same low-wing silhouette that had once haunted ...