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 ...

Iran’s new supreme leader says the country should use the threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, and has vowed to keep attacking Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors. On Thursday, an anchor ...

President Trump says he'll end the war soon, when he wants to, as Iran hits ships in and near the Strait of Hormuz and warns U.S.-linked banks will be next.

The U.S. military is warning civilians to avoid ports it says are used by the Iranian regime along the Strait of Hormuz to “conduct military operations that threaten international shipping.” “CENTCOM ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for camouflage cloaks that shield wearers from prying eyes and infrared cameras.

The Steamship Authority (SSA) might sell the oldest ferry in its fleet: the Governor, a 72-year-old freight vessel that has sailed between Martha’s Vineyard and Woods Hole since 1998.  On Tuesday ...

Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, ...

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

The US said it destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying boats near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as fears rise of an extended choke to global oil supplies.

One of the unique features of maritime law is the concept of salvage. The basic idea is that when you drop what you’re doing to save someone else’s vessel from peril, you ma ...

Several agencies responded to a barge that caught fire in the Delaware Bay off the coast of Cumberland and Cape May County on Tuesday, officials said. The barge was carrying scrap metal when it caught ...

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 ...