The United States Navy is celebrating 250 years of service, sacrifice, and tradition, commemorating its founding on October ...

British, French, German, Spanish and Dutch navies ringed the harbor surrounding the Mexican port of Veracruz in observation of America’s soon-to-be, short-lived occupation of the city-state. The ...

Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a career U.S. Navy officer who commanded vessels operating around Arkansas during the Civil War and was indirectly responsible for the later destruction of the Mississippi ...

Introduction -- 1. Confederate naval activity in Europe: the first phase, 1861 -- 2. The first cruisers: January-July 1862 -- 3. The hope-filled era: first ironclad construction, July-December 1862 -- ...