Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built...

Mark Lardas explores the origins of American warships, primarily light and medium frigates, built...

The Space Shuttle is one of the oldest and most famous manned launch systems – the only launch ve...

On a dark night in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli ...

The ''Original Six'' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of n...

Approximately 200,000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, man...

By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate w...

The ''Original Six'' frigates were commissioned by the new-born US Navy at a staggering cost of n...

Famed as a classic naval duel, a one-on-one clash between two sailing frigates offered the victor...

For three years of war the Union and the Confederacy had battled over the picturesque Shenandoah ...

In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650–1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought ...

Before the American Civil War most Native Americans or Indians lived in an area of the South know...