For a land-locked state, Wyoming has its share of naval history, including two battleships that served in the Civil War, ...

Maurice Atkins had two WWII-era oil-stained life jackets — the first saved his life when the Empress of Asia was bombed off ...

The news is interesting. THE PRIVATEER RETRIBUTION. From the St. Kitts Gazette, 13th. The U.S. sloop-of-war Alabama anchored in our Roadstead on Wednesday morning last, from Guadaloupe.

Montrose in Angus became pivotal to events in the 1745 Jacobite rising given the deep harbour and pool of men ready to lend their support to Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

The annual event, organized by the Garden Club of Virginia, is the only statewide tour of its kind in the nation.

Mystic Seaport Museum is working to open an exhibition space to show its American Watercraft Collection of rare vessels in ...

Simon Parker is so enamored with off the beaten track America, that he has cycled across the nation twice. Here are 23 of his ...

In the soundings by the sloop-of-war Albany, at 680 fathams, the temperature was 81°, while that of the air was 83°, and at 995 (5970 feet) fathoms it was only 80°, while the temperature of the ...

As researchers examined the size and model of the ship, they realized that it was most likely a sloop, a smaller ship that’s often used to escort convoys in times of war. Although this painting shows ...

Charles Emerson, who lived near Mekeel’s Corners, claimed he killed six crows with one shot from his English fowling piece.