Each memorial shows the names of the soldiers and submarine, its launch date, who was in command, and the circumstances of ...
On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...
MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s a floating time capsule along the lakeshore, with a unique link to U.S. history. The building of the Navy’s secret weapons connects Manitowoc to a turning point in World ...
Even before the first Japanese bomb fell, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow ...
In the minds of many Americans today, it can be difficult to fully grasp the utter destruction of land and human life the world experienced during the Second World War. However, some of the machines ...
The West Michigan submarine museum tried to preserve the ship, but it was too damaged. In recent months, the ship had been closed because it posed a safety concern to visitors. The USS Silversides ...
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On February 27 1942, an Allied force consisting of two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, and nine destroyers faced off against the Imperial Japanese Navy in what's now known as the Battle of the ...
The USS Silversides Museum — a Muskegon mainstay known to Michigan youth as the place where they once spent the night on a World War II submarine — parted this week with one of its prized exhibits, an ...