Oldest Surviving Battleship The USS Texas, oldest surviving dreadnought battleship and flagship of the Lone Star State, is today’s subject.[…]
Category: Naval History
Naval History – Developments in Naval History
Why Did Japanese Intelligence Fail at Midway?
Japanese Intelligence failings The US Navy won the Battle of Midway because it managed to surprise the Japanese Fleet. In[…]
How a US Aircraft Carrier Fights Islamic State
Fighting Islamic State In 2017 we joined the US military on board the USS George HW Bush in the Gulf[…]
USS Ward and the First Shots of Pearl Harbor
USS Ward Outdated and crewed by naval reservists, USS Ward played a unique role at Pearl Harbor and beyond. Her[…]
Aircraft Carrier to be Named after Pearl Harbor Hero
Enlisted Sailor Instead of presidents or admirals, an African American Enlisted Sailor – a hero during the Japanese attack on[…]
SS Ionian “If War should Come…” (1939)
If War should Come A 1939 documentary produced by the GPO Film Unit that follows the route of the SS[…]
Raising of WWII US Navy Submarine – USS Hoist – from the Bottom of the Sea
Sunken Submarine This U.S. Navy film shows how a Sunken Submarine can be raised from the depths using pontoons and[…]
Why Depth Charges Don’t Have to Touch a Submarine to Sink It
USS Silversides It’s 1942 and the USS Silversides, a U.S. submarine submerged in the Pacific, is frantically trying to dodge[…]
How Did the US Navy get so Powerful? – Evolution from the 13 Colonies to WWII
US Navy get so Powerful In this history documentary we explore the history of the US Navy. We begin in[…]
History of the Royal Navy – The King’s Ships (1500-1599)
The King’s Ships In an exciting miniseries exploring the dramatic rise and decline of English naval power, host Prince Andrew,[…]