During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ...

Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. The ...

Salvaging the U-505 German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group. German Capt. Harald Lange, who commanded the U ...

The U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific ...

The Compass Rose was one of about 850 boats that sailed to Dunkirk in France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo. The 12m (40ft) wooden cruiser had been abandoned and sank ...

A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...

Seven people were taken off a marine research boat in the Firth of Clyde after the crew found an unexploded mine from World War Two. The discovery was made at about 11:20 as the vessel carried out ...

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret.