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On a foggy December morning in 1917, three U.S. Navy submarines crept through the waters off the coast of San Diego. They ...
On December 17, 1917, two United States Navy submarines—the USS F-1 and F-3—collided during a test run off the coast of San ...
The USS Jacob Jones was one of six vessels named Tucker-class destroyers, designed by and built for the US Navy before World ... Jacob Jones was the first ship of its kind to be lost to enemy ...
The ship's bell from a Word War One wreck has been raised from the sea bed off the Isles of Scilly. The USS Jacob Jones was the first US Navy destroyer to be lost to enemy action when it was ...
Aiding the recovery of sick troops A record shows a Navy kitchen crewman pouring milk into an ice cream machine aboard the US hospital ship USNS Mercy.Paul Thompson/National Archives Catalog The ...
Ship naming conventions follow specific patterns based on type. For example, the Navy's 11 aircraft carriers are named after significant American figures, with nine honoring former Presidents.