On October 15th 2016, the 43,000 ton Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuzentsov slipped out of the Kola Bay fjord in the Barents Sea. Escorted by a small flotilla of warships including the powerful ...

If you’re struck by China’s rise to nautical prominence, get a load of Soviet naval history. Though disparaged today, Soviet seafarers were worthy adversaries. Indeed, contemporary Russia occasionally ...

The sinking of the K-278 led to concerns over environmental contamination, as the submarine went down with its nuclear reactor—and two nuclear-armed torpedoes on board. The “Caspian Sea Monster” ...

Before the Kilo-class and Oscar-class Submarines, the Shchuka-class was the Soviet Workhorse: During the Cold War, the Soviet Navy maintained the largest fleet of submarines in the world with as many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary Navy aviator Royce Williams, who shot down four Soviet MiG-15 fighters in 1952, is the inspiration for legislation that ...

In the spring of 1945, the U.S. Navy quietly handed over 149 warships to the Soviet Union at a remote Alaskan outpost, ...

HIRAM, Maine -- Peter Huchthausen had planned to write a comprehensive history of the Soviet navy during the Cold War, but Hollywood kept interrupting with requests to tap his wealth of knowledge ...

The buildup of US naval forces in the Caribbean, boosted by the recent arrival near Latin America of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, has raised speculation that both the United States and ...