Wheeling’s latest veterans’ banner has been dedicated to John Stanley Duplaga. The U.S. Navy seaman died aboard the USS ...

A passenger ship’s voyage turned into one of the deadliest maritime disasters ever recorded. When it sank, all 364 people aboard were lost, with not a single survivor. This is the tragic story of the ...

In February, 1942, Read Admiral Doorman gripped the bridge rail as his cruiser plunged through the black waters of Badung ...

In 1963, USS Thresher sank, killing all 129 aboard—sparking decades of speculation. It remains the deadliest submarine ...

Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its worst peace-time disaster, just south of the San Luis Obispo County line. Seven destroyers were wrecked and 23 sailors lost their lives when a squadron on a ...

Fifty Black sailors were convicted of mutiny after a massive Naval disaster during World War II. This week the Navy finally cleared their names. The U.S. Navy this week exonerated 50 Black sailors who ...

Eighty years after explosions ripped through the Port Chicago naval facility in California, killing 320 sailors, Coast Guard personnel and civilians, the secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday the ...

Maeve McGoran, the reporter and host of the podcast "Shipwreck: How a Captain, Company and Culture Sank the SS El Faro" ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney John Hillsman has spent a legal lifetime learning about ships, boats, and nearly anything that floats. And he's seen his share of disasters, including representing Bay Area ...