“Dakota Datebook” is a radio series from Prairie Public in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota and ...

In 1823, America was a nation whose military was inferior to any of the major (or even minor) European powers and that ...

The blast consumed everyone near the bow. No witnesses survived to explain what triggered the detonation. A fireball erupted ...

Recent investigations conducted by World War II historians and researchers suggest some "missing" sailors from the USS Turner ...

Every winter day in a Maine backyard, dozens of deer eat oats, apples and acorns from wooden troughs. Unbeknownst to the deer, four cameras live-stream their every move to thousands of people. Fans ...

President Trump announced on Monday a new class of battleships as part of the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said that he approved a plan for the Navy to start construction of the two ...

Cameraman Norman Alley was napping on the gunboat's deck when Japanese bombs started falling around him. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and began filming as explosions ripped through ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

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President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...