For four days in late October 1944, the United States and Japan fought one of the largest battles in naval history. The United States brought over 300 ships to the invasion of the island of Leyte in ...

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Naval warfare has been part of human history for as long as humans have taken to the sea. From ancient Rome to the Age of Exploration, boat building and the development of organized naval fleets ...

The generational impact of slavery led to one of the United States’ most tragic incidents: the largest mutiny in U.S. Naval history and the deadliest incident on the homefront during World War II.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Many worthy candidates ended up on the cutting-room floor. None, however, compares to the top five for world-historic significance. Ranking battles by their ...

Ancient peoples battled to master the sea. The earliest warships on record date back to Egyptian civilization. Ancient mariners took to the Nile River in boats constructed of lashed reeds and coated ...

In 1926, by an enactment of Congress, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program was established and units set up at the University of California, Georgia School of Technology, Harvard ...

1814 - A squadron from the schooner USS Carolina attacks and raids the base of the pirate Jean Lafitte, at Barataria, La., capturing six schooners and other small craft while the pirates flee the ...