Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval installation and sent more than 40 ships beneath the waves.

A team of maritime and aviation preservation groups has launched an effort to recover and conserve a rare World War 11-era U.S. Navy torpedo bomber that has been on the ocean floor for more than eight ...

The submerged wreckage of the Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, Bureau Number 1515. (Air and Sea Heritage Foundation) A team of maritime and naval conservation organizations are on a mission to save the last ...

Long considered the "Holy Grail" of WWII U.S. naval aircraft recoveries, a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber may soon be recovered to be placed on display at the new National Museum of the United ...

Bureau Number 1515, a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator submerged off Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The aircraft went down Feb. 1, 1942. Air and Sea Heritage Foundation photo A team of maritime and ...

Explore the intense battle that unfolded during World War II as the Japanese launched a decisive torpedo strike against the USS Yorktown at Midway. Witness this pivotal moment in history and discover ...

Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson spent 21 years at sea before May 7, 1942, when Japanese bombs turned the USS Neosho into a burning wreck during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Already wounded from ...

Peterson’s determination in mechanically closing critical stream-line valves amid smoke and flames kept Neosho — and 123 of its crew — afloat until well after the battle. (Congressional Medal of Honor ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Against the backdrop of Charleston’s iconic Ravenel Bridge along with the city’s expansive harbor, The Citadel (2-3, 0-0 SoCon) faltered in back-to-back duals against Air Force ...

It doesn't get more unique than where Iowa women's wrestling competed Nov. 15. You may have heard of Grapple on the Gridiron, or wrestling in a barn, so why not an aircraft carrier? The Hawkeyes ...