The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...
As Enigma was broken and U-boats were hunted down, Germany turned to desperate coastal weapons meant to disrupt Allied ...
As Germany escalated unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917, Allied convoys and destroyer screens became the counterweight to the U-boat threat. In November 1917, USS Fanning’s lookout spotted a thin ...
The gunboat sank during the Revolutionary War and wasn't found for 159 years. The Smithsonian is sprucing it up for America's 250th birthday.
The auction features over 45 lots related to Space from the Mercury program through the Space Shuttle, plus over 25 ...