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In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.
French cargo ship in Galveston Bay exploded, killing nearly 600. It spawned first big class-action lawsuit against U.S. government ...
The July 2023 inferno inside the Italian-flagged ship smoldered at Port Newark for nearly a week and resulted in the deaths of two Newark firefighters.
The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the ...
The NTSB held a meeting Tuesday on the probable cause of the deadly Port Newark cargo ship fire​ in New Jersey.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...
The radar footage was purportedly recorded by active duty Naval officers stationed on the USS Jackson on Feb. 15, 2023, off ...
A former assistant director at the Battleship North Carolina is suing, alleging the director illegally recorded him and then fired him for reporting it. The lawsuit claims the director, Jay Martin ...
Vargo reported concerns of Martin’s actions to the Battleship Commission in August and December 2024. The commission then fired Vargo in January 2025. "Firing Chris Vargo was illegal retaliation ...