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Family of woman photographed in 1944 allegedly writing thank-you note for Japanese soldier's skull speaks out
Snopes learned more information about the decades-old picture after contacting two children of Natalie Nickerson Paine, the ...
How Does The US Navy Test Its Ships For Seaworthiness?
The U.S. Navy tests its under-construction ships over and over, probing for weaknesses in everything from design to ...
Titanic Survivor’s Letter, Written Aboard the Ship, Sells for Nearly $400,000
Col. Archibald Gracie wrote the letter while traveling on the Titanic days before the ship sank and plunged him into the icy ...
Future USNS Sojourner Truth, the Navy’s 6th new fleet oiler, launched at NASSCO shipyard
Another giant Navy oiler named for a civil rights icon -- the future USNS Sojourner Truth -- was launched at NASSCO in Barrio ...
A letter written onboard the Titanic before it sank sells for almost $400,000 at auction
A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship days before it sank has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction ...
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In the United States’ early years, a trade war launched by Thomas Jefferson ended in disaster
President Trump plunged the global economy into chaos on April 2 by announcing a wave of tariffs on U.S. imports. In a ...
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Navy port calls in Libya end half-century lull as US seeks to fortify North Africa presence
The Navy’s first port calls to Libya in more than five decades this week, to Tripoli and Benghazi, likely are intended to ...
What Does BB Stand For On Navy Ships
There's a long history of tradition in the United States Navy ... but what about its hull designation? The letter and number ...