Naval History

U-118, a World War I German submarine, washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, England, in 1919. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/u-118-submarine-ashore-hastings-1919/

A World War II warship escaped enemy patrols by disappearing into the landscape around it. In early 1942, following devastating Allied defeats across Southeast Asia, the Dutch minesweeper HMAS Abraham Crijnssen became one of the few surviving vessels attempting to flee the...See more

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⚓"Navigation for Vikings did not rely on instruments alone. It relied on life. Norse sailors carried ravens aboard their longships and released them when crossing open water. If a raven circled or returned, land was close. If it flew straight and did not come back, the ship...See more

In 1966, the U.S. Navy wasn't just in the ocean; it was in the mud. The "Brown Water Navy" patrolled the narrow, choking waterways of the Mekong Delta in PBRs (Patrol Boat, River). These were small, fiberglass boats, no more heavily armored than a pleasure craft, armed with...See more

⚓The Vikings did not dominate the seas by chance. Their success rested on a quiet but transformative innovation: the keel. While earlier cultures had used rudimentary central supports, Norse shipbuilders perfected the keel into a long, continuous timber that ran the full length...See more

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