When NASA’s Orion spacecraft shoots back into Earth’s atmosphere, after a visit around the moon next year, one of the Navy’s ...
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
The USS Scorpion, a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine, mysteriously sank on May 22, 1968, killing all 99 crew members. Discovered at a depth of nearly 10,000 feet, the wreckage left more questions ...