Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Lionfish was commissioned in 1944 and earned one battle star for service in World War II. It sank a Japanese submarine, ...

Visiting historic submarines requires a certain level of comfort with confined spaces, steep ladders, and the smell of diesel fuel. I can't recommend it highly enough. There are 15 World War II-era ...

HMS Alliance is a Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine, laid down towards the end of the Second World War and completed in 1947. Over her 28-year career, she held the world ...

U-boats are naval submarines operated by Germany, especially during World War I and World War II. The term is an[...] ...

In June 1943, a Kentucky congressman walked up to a microphone and gave Japan one of its greatest intelligence victories of WWII. Robert Hunt was a torpedoman on the USS Tambor. He ran 12 consecutive ...

The World War II submarine USS Lionfish was part of America's "Silent Service." Despite comprising less than 2% of all US Navy vessels during World War II, submarines like the USS Lionfish sank 55% of ...

I've visited six out of the 15 World War II-era submarine museums in the US. I've seen a missile hangar, sonar equipment, and a conning tower where orders were issued from. I've also had insights into ...