On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that paid the ultimate price.

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

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 ...

The first USS Utah was lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and no other ship was named for the Copper State until Saturday’s dedication ceremony. Last Friday, at a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, ...