As a conclusion to a month of events and guest speakers, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum and the town of Mount Pleasant hosted a Black History Month presentation on Feb. 28 to celebrate the ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

Born just down the road in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924, Johnie Ernest Clark has seen quite a bit of history-- including war.

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USS Yorktown was declared destroyed at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during World War II. Japanese commanders removed her from their calculations and built the Midway invasion plan assuming ...

Along our life journeys, we have been fortunate to meet many remarkable people. On one thing we wholeheartedly agree: Frank Shatz of Williamsburg stands among the most extraordinary. As Frank ...

The USS Massachusetts is largely believe to be the ship that fired the last shot of World War II. Here's what happened to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch ...

It fired the first US 16-inch shell of World War II, and the last 16-inch shell of the war overall. The battleship is now a museum where visitors can tour once top-secret areas. The USS Massachusetts ...

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About 30 people aboard the museum ship Laffey were left stranded Feb. 26 when the gangway of the WW II-era destroyer collapsed.