After serving in World War II and as a training ship afterward, the USS Becuna was enhanced with a GUPPY 1-A conversion in 1951. The submarine carried out various peacetime missions, such as ...
His knowledge of the USS Batfish, one of only 14 American World War II submarines still around, is extensive. During a tour of the vessel, he explained the daily jobs of the sailors and each part ...
GRIDLEY — Bingo is a go. At long last, the leaky roof of the Gridley Veterans Memorial Building is now patched, giving a warm welcome to veterans groups that relocated since it closed in 2021.
On January 17, 1955, the USS Nautilus transmitted a historic message ... or about 23 miles per hour. Previously, World War II submarines powered by diesel engines and electric batteries could ...
Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The War Memorial Park Authority announced plans to relocate the USS Batfish to Port Muskogee's Three Forks Harbor at the proposed Oklahoma War Memorial and Museum. The park ...
The War Memorial Park Authority in Muskogee is releasing how it plans to relocate the USS Batfish, and what a new museum could look like. The WWII submarine has been closed to the public since ...
Even though the Illinois no longer exists, a small fragment of it remains to remind us of what might have been.
The USS Becuna submarine sank 3,888 tons of shipping and earned four battle stars in World War II. Becuna underwent a Greater Underwater Propulsive Power (GUPPY) 1-A modernization in 1951. Now a ...
Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the destroyer USS Ward was patrolling the waters ... but they had just fired the first American shots of World War II. Japanese warplanes began bombing ...