Commodore David Porter sent five Spanish pirates to the Captain-General of Cuba for trial. The outlaws had been wounded in a battle with the U.S. Navy’s anti-piracy squadron off ...

In the dark waters of the Atlantic, a deadly wolf pack of 13 German U-boats stalked convoy SC 107, a formation of 42 merchant ships guarded by just five escorts, bound from Canada to the UK with ...

Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy USS Silversides The USS Silversides began service on December 15, 1941, eight days after the ...

During a 1999 NATO exercise, the Dutch Walrus-class diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus achieved a remarkable feat by successfully penetrating the anti-submarine defenses of a US Navy carrier ...

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...