
USS Nevada escapes
The Japanese air attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii began at 8:01 AM, Sunday, December 7, 1941. The Nevada, tied up with other battleships of the U.S. Pacific...

U.S.S. President Lincoln
Before becoming a transport ship for the Navy in April 1917, the U.S.S. President Lincoln was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-American line. On May 31,...

U.S.S. Ticonderoga
The U.S.S. Ticonderoga carries a deck full of aircraft on May 14, 1964. The Ticonderoga was built during World War II and modified over the years to...

Work crew
The Navy Yard at Mare Island, near Vallejo, California, was once the largest industrial plant west of the Mississippi. Between 1854 and 1996, when the yard closed,...