Join us as we delve into the gripping tale of the final voyage of the Heavy Cruiser Mikuma during the pivotal Battle of Midway in World War II. Witness the intense naval conflict that marked a turning ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

A Military Minute in History is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says an expedition crew on his research vessel, R/V Petrel, has located the historic USS Indianapolis in the North Pacific Ocean. The USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms. The U.S.S. Johnston ...

The USS Indianapolis is shown at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1937. On July 30, 1945 the Japanese I-58 submarine torpedoed the Indianapolis, tearing the ship nearly in two, destroying much of the bow ...

Summary: The Treaty of Versailles imposed severe restrictions on the German navy, leading to the innovative design of pocket battleships to circumvent these limitations. These ships, though effective ...