The Brazilian Navy has confirmed the location of the sunken warship Vital de Oliveira. The vessel transported troops during ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships, Musashi, to carrier planes of the U.S. Third Fleet, which in turn lost its light carrier Princeton. That night, ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...

The Wellington Trust has received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, enabling the ship to open to more visitors ...

Funds are being raised for maintenance work on the 81-year-old sub that sank 13 enemy vessels in combat. It's the first time ...

As USS North Carolina, it was the lead ship of the North Carolina class of battleships and the first fast battleship built ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

The Battleship North Carolina, a museum and National Historic Landmark, is in the running for USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice 2025. The battleship was commissioned in 1941, decommissioned in 1947 ...