In the shadow of the Cold War’s race for military supremacy, this submarine of the Soviet Navy was right at the very center of a naval disaster that spoke volumes on the tremendous pressure and ...

A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines. Rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies, officials said.

In 1911 Shipbuilder Magazine commented that, due to its unique design, RMS Titanic was "practically unsinkable". Those words proved fateful, and this hubris may have contributed to the most famous ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

Nearly all Duluthians and Northlanders are familiar with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, taking with it all 29 crew members. Many who were around when it happened ...

Army troops from the 29th Chemical Decontamination Company backed several trucks onto LST-353 at 3:08 p.m. on May 21, 1944. The soldiers were moving 4.2-inch mortar ammunition from a smaller craft ...

Indonesia’s flirtation with the idea of acquiring an aircraft carrier has resurfaced again, this time justified primarily on humanitarian grounds. Proponents of the idea argue that a carrier would ...