that PT-109, JFK, and crew had their rendezvous with destiny. Caught by surprise on a cloudy, foggy, moonless night, the American boat was rammed and cut in two by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN ...

Lt. Arthur Preston and his PT boat crews did whatever it took to save a downed Navy airman in the South Pacific. (U.S. Naval Reserve) On Sept. 15, 1944, the 31st U.S. Infantry Division landed on ...

In the 1920s, Higgins developed the Eureka boat, a vessel designed for oil work that got the US Navy's attention for its effectiveness in shallow water. As the US military sought new ways to move ...