Sitting peacefully amid us in the Pacific Northwest is one of the defining symbols of a trigger-point to America’s involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s.

The silence is shattered when a torpedo rips through his vessel, tearing steel apart and sending seawater rushing in—marking the arrival of a deadly enemy. As an escort destroyer rushes to ...

Mr Kennedy, who commanded the torpedo boat PT-109 in the Solomon Islands during World War II, narrowly escaped death after a collision with a Japanese destroyer. His item was among the highlights ...

The HMS Prince of Wales is working towards the UK’s most ambitious carrier deployment in recent years, with two full F-35B ...

Fifty years ago, this coming April 30, U.S. military forces and civilian personnel departed Saigon as the North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong captured the last stronghold of South Vietnam. By sunset, ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A Savannah native and service member from World War II received an Arlington Burial on Thursday. Chief ...

the destroyer USS Maddox, was cruising in the Gulf of Tonkin on a DESOTO mission when it was unexpectedly faced against three Soviet-built Northern Vietnamese torpedo boats. “Apparently ...

With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its ...

Pumps suitable for marine service, and particularly for battleships, cruisers, torpedo boat destroyers and submarines, have always received particular attention on the part of this corporation ...

Their business in welded drums is largely upon Government work for use on torpedo-boat destroyer boilers. Many of which now being built are equipped with them. Thus the company, although for many ...

It was pointed out, however, that the ill-fated destroyer's life-saving equipment included two 26-foot motor whale boats and at least ... Reuben James was sunk by a torpedo during the night ...