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Today, the ocean liner is often considered a glamorous yet thoroughly outdated form of transport. While ships such as the RMS Titanic and the RMS Lusitania remain household names, their lesser-known c

Named after Medal of Honor recipient Admiral Frank Fletcher, this class became the most prolific and longest-serving of any naval destroyer

The USS New Orleans near Tulagi the morning ...

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

Senkichi Awaya was sitting in his dining room at the mayor’s residence in Hiroshima as the clocked ticked round to 8.15am on 6 August 1945. His teenage son Shinobu, and granddaughter Ayako, refugees f

MAKING AND BREAKING THE SHIP OF DREAMS