From the 1890s through the World War II, battleships ruled the waves. These steel leviathans projected naval power across all the world's seas, clashing with other ships or bombarding enemy forces ...

A rusted hull, bent at the waist, lies long in the middle of the turquoise river. People swim around the wreck. Though it resembles an abandoned ship at a summer resort, it is the remains of a warship ...

One of the most notable aspects of World War II was how well the United States could quickly manufacture one of the most powerful fleets the world had ever known. With thousands of ships available, ...

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long dominated naval thinking, the war quickly showed that aircraft carriers and ...

Water levels on the Danube River have dropped so low that dozens of World War II German battleships – and even the remains of ...

Washington's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) removed a sunken World War II-era Navy subchaser from the Columbia River ...

The research vessel RV Petrel earned an international reputation by locating some of the most famous shipwrecks of World War II, helping historians solve decades-old mysteries resting thousands of ...

Europe's record-breaking drought is uncovering pieces of history that have been hidden for decades — and in some cases, thousands of years. As water levels on the Danube River continue to fall, dozens ...

At the close of World War II, Germany's surface fleet, was left in ruins. This video explores the final chapter[...] ...