When the transport ship Jacob was bombed off New Guinea in March 1943, flames and explosions sent men leaping into the Pacific as the vessel began to sink. Private George Watson, a strong swimmer from ...
Known as Unsinkable Sam, a ship’s cat reportedly survived the sinking of multiple warships during WW2, including German and British vessels. Rescued each time from wreckage at sea, the animal became a ...
Torsk (SS-423) departing the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, August 1965. (Navy) A United States Navy submarine sank an Iranian ship with a single torpedo this week as the frigate was transiting the Indian ...