Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

Where conventional merchant marines are typically commercial outfits that can be repurposed for military logistics in times ...

In 1918, during World War I, initially the German U-boats (submarines) controlled the seas. It turns out the same thing happened in World War II.

Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.

“Small but Mighty” is an armada of toys and models representing 400 years of maritime history. Peter Siebert, president and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, stands among the model ships on display ...

Safety fears have erupted in Gibraltar after two giant ships crashed when departing the British Overseas Territory’s waters. The LNG carrier SM Kestrel made contact with the anchored bulk ...

And while the U.S. maintains superiority in weapons, capabilities, size of ships, experienced officers ... compare the current gaps with the World War II struggle between the U.S. and Japan.

President Trump warned Tuesday that Americans “could be” involved in the Russia-Ukraine war if it were to escalate to “World War III.” “We want to get it over with,” Trump said of the ...

During World War II, an aircraft carrier could be built in a little over ... or even prepare to convert merchant ships to carry missiles, as a way to rapidly increase the fleet with which the Chinese ...

U.S. presidents have issued executive proclamations and invoked this law three times: during the War of 1812, World War I and World War II. All three ... began seizing U.S. merchant ships in ...

HMS Tyne and RFA Tideforce monitored five ships, including three merchant vessels, as they sailed from Syria heading to a Russian Baltic port. Two weeks later, HMS Somerset was used to complete a ...

LOS ANGELES/CARLSBAD, California, March 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S ...