The clock has run out for the "Iron Woman." The USS Cabot, as the ship was officially known, is the last surviving light carrier from World War II and a ship that saw action in many Pacific battles.

A World War II-era ship tested in harrowing Navy and Coast Guard missions by the dozens looks to have a better future than the scrap heap. Mark “Doc” Avraham is spearheading efforts to care for the ...

The waters off of the coast of Los Angeles are a major dumping site for chemical materials and as it turns out also munitions and military waste from World War II. Researchers found large amounts of ...

As the USS Shackle, it served the Navy as a rescue and salvage ship during World War II in such places as Iwo Jima, Midway and Okinawa. Between April and September of 1945, it completed 55 salvage and ...