The Lisbon Maru was a Japanese cargo ship that was converted into an armed troop ship during World War II. So when it was torpedoed by the USS Grouper on Oct. 1, 1942, it would have been a ...

Did you know? In WWII the British troop ship, RMS Laconia, was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible ...

That ambition came to an unexpected and violent end nearly 80 years ago today, when a German torpedo bomber plane attacked and destroyed the World War II troop ship carrying Paulson and 579 other ...

Rosie's Reply and the venerable World War II troop carrier C-47, Hairless Joe. What better way to experience history in ...