The U.S. Navy's Pacific presence provided a bastion against the onslaught of the Imperial Japanese's ambition to unite Asia under the Rising Sun. Some of the most valiant vessels floated under the sea ...

During World War II, the U.S. Navy lost 52 submarines and ... had a cigar-shaped hull that was derived from the research submarine Albacore (AGSS-569) for efficient underwater performance ...

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Local residents who have toured the vintage submarine Albacore in Portsmouth, N.H., and marveled at how people live in such confinement, leagues under the sea, now can ask ...