The Aleksandr Shabalin is a Ropucha-class landing ship that entered service in 1985 and has served in the Soviet and Russian ...

Explore the underwater remains of the Tabarka, a World War II shipwreck, offering a glimpse into maritime history and naval ...

Coined by the military as "landing ship, tanks," or LSTs, U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific ...

Tucked away in a secluded industrial quayside in south Wales, a "forgotten veteran" of World War Two is hiding in plain sight ...

They glided across oceans like ghosts, part aircraft, part ship. These WWII flying boats carried hope, terror, and legend in ...

World War II veteran John "Jack" Cowell celebrated his 101st birthday on Tuesday by saluting his comrades in arms. Literally.

The last of the ships that some credit with winning World War II for the Allies has plowed through the waters of the Midwest, where people got a chance to visit it.

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

More than 4000 Japanese soldiers perished when Chuuk Lagoon, known as "Truk" at the time, was bombarded by US forces at the ...

A lieutenant in the Army in the Philippines, he survived sinking ships after being captured. His remains will be laid to rest ...

An ecosystem of marine life has been found thriving on and around munitions disposed in the Baltic Sea, upending our understanding of ocean life forms and their tolerance to toxic chemicals.

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...