This sunken WWII ammo ship still threatens London
The SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty Ship that wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944. After running aground on…
The SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty Ship that wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944. After running aground on…
The U.S. Navy maintains freedom of navigation on the seas through power projection. Working with allied nations, American vessels combat piracy and illegal shipments around the world to keep the…
Naval warfare encapsulates combat on and in large water bodies. Current tactical advantages can safely be attributed to advancements incepted hundreds of years ago. Even in the interior of huge…
When the last Perry-class frigate, the USS Simpson, lowered her flag for the last time in 2015, it left only one ship in the active fleet which sank an enemy in combat. The USS Constitution sank an enemy ship, the British HMS G…
When an individual is deployed in a warship, they expect to eat stale, canned and highly processed foods, as the ocean surrounds them with no food source. During the first…
While the United States was fighting for its existence, the world kept turning and other countries continued acting in their own self-interest. Just because the United States military was preoccupied…
The story goes that captain of the Royal Navy’s HMS Bounty, Lt. William Bligh, was a harsh captain, prone to giving out abuse and unfair punishment in an already-harsh environment….
Circumnavigation is an entire voyage around a whole continent, island or any astronomical body like a moon or a plane. Plenty of people have traveled to many countries globally, if…
Veterans usually have a few good war stories to tell after their time in the service. Depending on how long they were in, they may have quite a collection by…
Just 40 miles off the coast of the Isles of Scilly, in the southwest of England, a team of expert divers located the wreck of the USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)….