In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is removing a rare slave ship timber from its Slavery and Freedom exhibit and sending it back to South Africa.
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 ...
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.