1941: U.S. government commissions ship designer William Francis Gibbs to design the SS United States as part of a post-World War II naval project. The ship is intended to serve as both a luxury ...

This month we are featuring profiles of courage; veterans who went above and beyond to ensure our nation's freedom.

The SS United States, hailed as the fast transoceanic liner ... doubled as a transport in World War II. As a passenger liner, it would carry about 2,100 passengers and did carry more than 16,600 ...

The SS United States is also the fastest ocean liner to ... Gibbs and his brother would become prominent warship designers ...

The SS United States was built in the years after World War II and had a 17-year career as a transatlantic liner. It carried four U.S. presidents and a long list of notable celebrities, such as Marlon ...

Midget submarines have been employed by other military powers throughout history, but the U.S. only had one briefly alongside ...

The U.S. charged three men with plotting to kill Donald J. Trump on behalf of Iran. The Trials of a Grieving Father: In an ...

HENRY: I was a big World War II buff back in the sixth grade ... that it wasn't until I moved to the United States did I start hearing about the Holocaust. I lived in Venezuela.

A local maritime technology company played a role in pinpointing and taking images of shipwreck sites from World War II near the Aleutian Island of Attu. Researchers exploring the maritime archaeology ...

The Gullah/Geechee Nation and others ask for protection of a coastal treasure of historical importance right off the Georgia coast.

The Dagenham Girl Pipers travelled the world and performed for Elvis and the Queen – but girls today ‘don’t want to be in a ...

The featured speaker for this year’s Veterans Day observance will be local veteran Rick Center, who served in the U.S. Submarine Force from 1962 to 1968.