Last July, the BOS illegally discontinued Newtown’s Revolutionary War Trail, a public highway known as the undeveloped ...

British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, believed to be the one surrendered to Americans at Yorktown in 1781, is on display at the U.S. Army museum.

The USS Yorktown wreck is protected and managed by the Naval History and Heritage Command, NOAA said. It serves as a resting place for hundreds of servicemen who were aboard the ship when it sank.

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in the most recent exploration of the wreckage of carrier Yorktown (CV-5 ...

YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park announced it will host a special screening of the Ken Burns documentary “The ...

A collection of items from World War II sailor Charles Bonness was headed to the dump. After being saved, they are now part ...

Massive mural found intact on World War II ship that sank in 1942 Paintings, vehicles, and even a potentially never-before-seen jellyfish were found among USS Yorktown’s wreckage ...

One of the aircraft was still fully armed with a bomb attached in the release cradle. It was likely part of the Yorktown’s reserve force on the first morning of the battle, officials said.

The Commission has recently sent a portable store-house to Fort Monroe, in order to be able to increase its reserve supply of stores at that point, from which articles for the wounded and sick in ...

A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in the ship's hangar.

Eighty-three years after sinking during the Battle of Midway, the USS Yorktown is still revealing secrets.

The USS Yorktown was a WWII aircraft carrier that was hit by three bombs dropped by Japanese carrier bombers during the Battle of Midway in 1942, but that's not what sank it.