The Navy recycled the name “Penguin” during WWII for the lead ship(ASR-12)of a class of submarine rescue and salvage vessels. Commissioned 29 May 1944. She spent a lengthy career working out of New London with the Second Fleet and Rota with the Sixth and, while she conducted hundreds o...
The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II.
But by the close of WWII, the nature of naval combat had begun to change. Airplanes and submarines, vastly improved over their WWI counterparts, presented threats from above and below. A few years later, the advent of practical long-range guided missiles meant that adversaries no longer had ...
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United States of America (1945-1946) Demolition Tank – 1 Built During World War II, US demolition crews faced the critical task of dismantling enemy fortifications and obstacles, sometimes under fire. They lacked a dedicated vehicle for this in the US arsenal. Various tools, like dozer blade ...
The US Navy declared this week that it had identified the wreck of a WWII escort carrier that was lost off the Philippines after a kamikaze attack. A Casablanca-class carrier dubbed The USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) submerged in the Sulu Sea on being struck by a twin-engine Japan-based ...
The U.S. military said it conducted airstrikes in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, targeting Houthi operations that have been used for attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the region. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on the ongoing conflicts in the ...
The U.S. Navy declared that a guided-missile destroyer of the Arleigh Burke-class will be titled after French, a hero of World War II.
My Mother Dorothy H (Rudisill) Pagano was in the WAVES during WWII. She was stationed Charleston SC. She celebrated her 101 birthday in March. Always proud of her for her service.Would like to know who else was stationed with her?
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