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How US sailors pulled off a daring high-seas mission to save a sinking Nazi submarine and capture its secrets
As Allied troops prepared to invade France in June 1944, the US Navy was trying to deliver another …
Benjamin Brimelow
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The Nazis were already shooting at US warships months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
The US officially declared war on the Nazis on December 11, 1941, but the US Navy had already been …
Benjamin Brimelow
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Deep-sea divers helped solve a century-old U-boat mystery in the waters between the UK and France
British divers helped confirm the identity of two German U-boats found at the bottom of the English…
Vivienne Machi
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SOCOM has tough, high-speed boats to get operators on target in any conditions, and they're not just for SEALs
The US Navy's Special Boat Teams and the highly capable boats they operate do a lot more than just …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis' best weapon
The battleship Bismarck was the German navy's crown jewel, but its sinking in May 1941 convinced Hi…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Why an audacious British plan to hunt German U-boats from aircraft carriers made of ice fell apart
British inventor Geoffrey Pyke believed ice was the new strategic material that could win the war f…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A woman said her butt was 'chopped off' after being sucked into a boat's propeller. She's been documenting her hospital journey, as shocked viewers pray for her recovery.
"One of the cuts did leave a section hanging off," Kenzey Hunt recounted her horrifying tubing inci…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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A US Navy ship fired warning shots after Iranian fast-attack boats got too close in the Persian Gulf
A US ship fired warning shots after the fast-attack boats ignored radioed warnings and continued ma…
Ryan Pickrell
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A US Coast Guard ship fired 30 warning shots from a machine gun during an 'unsafe' encounter with Iranian fast-attack boats
The US Coast Guard cutter Maui fired two rounds of warning shots with a .50 caliber machine gun to …
Ryan Pickrell
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Researchers released a mako shark into the ocean, but it made a U-turn to take bites out of their boat
A video shows how researchers released a mako shark into North Carolina's Outer Banks, and it came …
Lindsay Dodgson
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US authorities got a tip-off from a ship design company before seizing a Russian oligarch's $90 million superyacht
Another company employee worked with Viktor Vekselberg and his wife "to arrange details related to …
Kate Duffy
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Video shows the US making its first seizure of a Russian oligarch's superyacht, the $90 million 'Tango' docked in Spain
The US seized its first yacht on Monday after imposing several sanctions against Russian billionair…
Grace Kay
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US Special Operations Command is working on a new and improved version of the Navy SEALs' stealthy mini-sub
US Navy SEALs' submersibles are a unique and highly specialized asset, and they working on two new …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Recent drills with US Navy missile subs show how Marine special operators would get to the frontline in a fight against China
Launching operations from submarines makes them harder for enemies to detect, but doing it that way…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Video shows Iran's elite commandos taunting US Navy ships
The US Navy said this was the second "unsafe and unprofessional" encounter with Iranian ships in th…
Abbie Shull
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US submarine that crashed into an underwater mountain in the South China Sea ran into a pier months earlier
An investigation said the sub's leaders "missed a significant opportunity for self-reflection and i…
Ryan Pickrell
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The toughest US Army Special Forces course takes place underwater. Here's why it has to be brutal.
The Combat Diver Qualification Course is a tough test of participants' diving know-how and ability …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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China is using a stealth fleet of fishing boats and ferries to boost its naval power, say military experts
Experts are concerned that China's use of civilian ships for military purposes can confuse the rule…
Bethany Dawson
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Nearly half a million shipping containers are stuck off the coast of Southern California as the ports operate below capacity
The ports currently have 19 mega-container ships and approximately 12 million tons of goods waiting…
Grace Kay
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The US Navy's only operational sub named after a president has been doing top-secret missions for 17 years
USS Jimmy Carter is one of only three Seawolf-class subs, but even among that small group it's uniq…