...Japanese attack began, a moment of silence will be observed. The guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie will render honors to the sunken USS Arizona. Military aircraft will fly over the memorial in a "missing man" formation. The...

In this article: Pearl Harbor attack, Pearl Harbor, National Park Service, U.S. Navy, Pacific, Pacific War, and University of New Orleans

...the British shipwreck hunter from Blue Water Recoveries. The company has located a number of famous wartime wrecks, including HMS Hood and the Bismark, and last year found HMAS Sydney , an Australian warship sunk by a German raider off...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Queensland, Anna Bligh, Australia, Pacific War, HMS Hood, and HMAS Sydney

...ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM BATTLESHIP IS ALL WRAPPED UP | Six acres of plastic sheeting extends like wings from the sides of the USS Missouri , sitting in dry dock yesterday at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. The back of the battleship has...

In this article: Dog, 'iolani School, USS Missouri, Honda Civic, Hawaiian Electric Co., and Honda

...long run. Construction finally began in July on HMS Queen Elizabeth , which is due to come into service in 2016. Preparatory work on the HMS Prince of Wales , due for launch in 2018, has also started. The two carriers will replace the ageing...

In this article: BAE Systems, Royal Navy, India, Britain, HMS Prince Of Wales, HMS Queen Elizabeth, and Afghan National Army

...bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945. Japan capitulated. The final surrender was signed Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Why travel across the Pacific to visit beachheads that ended up...

In this article: Tokyo, Japan, World War II, Douglas MacArthur, Sagami Bay, Suicide, Nagasaki, Kamakura, Hiroshima, and Hirohito

Last Updated: 4:50 AM, November 13, 2009 Posted: 4:50 AM, November 13, 2009 USS New York , the Navy ship built with steel salvaged from the fallen Twin Towers, yesterday sailed away from its namesake city. The ship left at 7 a.m., said...

In this article: USS New York, Air and Space Museum, Atlantic, and New Jersey

...to carry on. It was a memory of World War II that spoke to George Massar , who was a young sailor sitting atop a gun turret on the USS Missouri in 1945 as he witnessed the surrender of Japan that finally ended it all. And it was...

In this article: World War II, World War I, John McCrae, and Veterans Day

...a member of the War Cabinet in 1939 British fleet at Invergordon in Scotland , conisting of Battleships HMS Rodney , HMS Resolution , HMS Royal Oak and HMS Royal Sovereign and battlecruiser HMS Repulse British soldier says goodbye to his...

In this article: Germany, Nazi invasion of Poland, Second World War, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Royal Sovereign, Neville Chamberlain, and Winston Churchill

...of two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers. A&P Tyne, at Hebburn, will construct the mid sections of the carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. The contract will secure work for many of the firm's 210 staff for the next five...

In this article: Royal Navy, Double Decker, HMS Prince Of Wales, HMS Queen Elizabeth, and Zimbabwe

In October 1939, a German U-boat sneaked through defences at the harbour and sank the battleship HMS Royal Oak. Where To Stay: Lynnfield Hotel , Kirkwall (www.lynnfieldhotel.com) offers B&B from GBP110 per...

In this article: World War One, Duxford, Bovington Tank Museum, Bletchley Park, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, World War Two, RAF, Luftwaffe, and HMS Royal Oak

The USS Missouri pulls away from its pier Wednesday and heads 2 miles to dry dock and repairs at Pearl Harbor 's Naval Shipyard. By Bruce Asito , The Honolulu Advertiser By Dan Nakaso , USA TODAY ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI As a quartet of...

In this article: USS Missouri, Missouri, Pearl Harbor, Michael Carr, USA Today, Hawaii, and Mothball

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Princess Royal joins survivors of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow With the waves lapping gently underneath them, and their heads solemnly bowed, three survivors who had been on board HMS...

In this article: HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow, Gunther Prien, German submarine U-47, First World War, and Royal Navy

...Royal has joined survivors of one of the darkest days in the history of Royal Navy to lay wreaths where a battleship was sunk HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by a German U-boat at its base at Scapa Flow , in Orkney, on 14 October 1939.

In this article: The Princess Royal, Royal Navy, World War II, HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow, St Magnus Cathedral, and Scotland

... Navy Capt. Mike McKinnon , commanding officer of the Kings Bay sub base near St. Marys from 2004-07 and a former skipper of the submarine USS Kentucky. "But I think grown adults and professionally minded people can deal with those issues."

In this article: Ohio-class, World War II, USS Kentucky, and Pentagon

...as a "massive blow to the narcotics industry". A five-and-a-half tonne drugs stash with a street value of GBP240 million was recovered by HMS Iron Duke on September 15 off the coast of South America. The crew spent more than 24 hours...

In this article: Cocaine, Royal Navy, Narcotic, Prince William, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Iron Duke, South America, and Caribbean

The Royal Navy's sinking of a drug-smuggling ship has saved lives and averted a crime wave. The captain and crew of Portsmouth -based HMS Iron Duke deserve medals for preventing GBP240million of cocaine reaching our streets. The record...

In this article: Royal Navy, HMS Iron Duke, Cocaine, Portsmouth, and South America

A British warship has seized a GBP240million cocaine shipment - the biggest haul in Royal Navy history. HMS Iron Duke's crew sank the 138ft drug boat with bursts of cannon fire after confiscating its deadly cargo and arresting the gang of...

In this article: Cocaine, Royal Navy, HMS Iron Duke, Prince William, Type 23 frigate, North Atlantic, and South America

...for the next three years. Since it was raised from the deep in 1982, this Tudor treasure has been, along with HMS Victory and HMS Warrior , one of the "must see" attractions within Portsmouth 's historic Dockyard. Ancient beams However,...

In this article: Mary Rose, Portsmouth, Britain, HMS Warrior, David Starkey, HMS Victory, and Pompeii