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MLB’s Home Run Derby showcases the once-viral torpedo bats — but has their moment passed?
The fabled torpedo bats were again on center stage at Monday night’s Home Run Derby, as the Mariners' Cal Raleigh took home ...
Long-lost bow of WWII ship found nearly 83 years after it was blown off in Japanese torpedo strike
To find the bow of this ship is an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of this valiant crew, even on one of the worst nights in U.S. Navy history.” ...
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...
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U.S. Navy Pairs Heavyweight Torpedo with USV in a New Program Effort
The U.S. Navy's 2026 budget request is funding a containerized heavyweight torpedo launcher for use on USV and small ...
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Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...
Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor
A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...
The fascinating story of a World War II ship: it escaped Japanese torpedoes using coconut logs and now its bow has been found
During World War II, the United States suffered 292,129 dead and 139,709 missing. The crew of the USS New Orleans was no exception, as more than 180 people died after being hit by ...
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USS New Orleans bow found 83 years after it was sunk by a torpedo in World War II
Eighty-three years after its loss in WWII, the USS New Orleans bow has been located using sonar and underwater robots.
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Lost bow of USS New Orleans found in South Pacific more than 80 years after battle
A team of scientists and explorers discovered the bow of the USS New Orleans off the coast of the Solomon Islands more than ...
I toured the only remaining German submarine captured by the US during World War II. Take a look inside.
On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...
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Historic World War II ship found in the Pacific Ocean
Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the ...
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Lost bow of WWII US ship found 80 years after coconut-log powered reverse escape
The missing front section of the USS New Orleans, a US Navy cruiser severely damaged during World War II, has been discovered ...