In 2020, USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire while moored in San Diego during a major upgrade, and what should have been a containable emergency turned into one of the worst non-combat naval disasters in ...

While the sinking of the Titanic is widely remembered, it represents only one chapter in a long history of maritime disasters. Several other shipwrecks resulted in devastating loss of life and exposed ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney John Hillsman has spent a legal lifetime learning about ships, boats, and nearly anything that floats. And he's seen his share of disasters, including representing Bay Area ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — July 21, 2025, marked the 120th anniversary of the USS Bennington explosion on the San Diego Bay. The blast is considered one of the worst peacetime naval disasters in U.S. history.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975, was among Great Lakes disasters attributed to "the gales of November," as singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot later described them. November ...

IT IS A 20 MILE WIDE STRETCH OF WATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC’S SOLOMON ISLAND CHAIN, KNOWN AS IRONBOTTOM SOUND. IRONBOTTOM SOUND WAS THE SITE OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL NAVAL BATTLES, ACTUALLY ...