Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its worst peace-time disaster, just south of the San Luis Obispo County line. Seven destroyers were wrecked and 23 sailors lost their lives when a squadron on a ...

Fifty Black sailors were convicted of mutiny after a massive Naval disaster during World War II. This week the Navy finally cleared their names. The U.S. Navy this week exonerated 50 Black sailors who ...

What You Need to Know: The 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea remains one of the worst naval disasters in Russian history. -The nuclear-powered Oscar II-class submarine ...

From the column: "At the top of any such list is the Titanic, probably the most famous sea-saga disaster of all time." ...

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the SS Morro Castle disaster, which claimed over 130 lives off the coast of New Jersey. To commemorate the tragedy, the Asbury Park Historical Society is hosting a ...

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Civil rights leaders and families of World War II veterans celebrated the long-awaited exonerations of 256 Black sailors who were wrongfully convicted after the 1944 Port Chicago explosion, a disaster ...

The Bay Theater is showing a special presentation of Disaster at Devil’s Jaw, which will benefit the Morro Bay Maritime Museum on Monday, May 19, at 5:30 p.m. The documentary has local significance.

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...