When Navy ships zigzagged, they made it more difficult for submarines to target them with torpedoes because the movement made ...

The troop ship was bound for Great Britain via Greenland in a convoy with two freighters and three Coast Guard cutters. The vessels hit foul weather as soon as they reached open water.

World War II’s largest loss of life during a ship convoy included local servicemen Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 ...

Walter N. Early, 98, of Callensburg, served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. In 1944, he told his parents he ...

Lehigh County soldier among those who died in WWII’s largest loss of life during ship convoy Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a ...

A convoy of former World War II vessels will cross the North Sea in May to celebrate unsung British and Norwegian heroes – as Europe commemorates the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The flotilla is ...

WWII’s largest loss of life during a ship convoy included 3 from Beaver County Chris Moyer/Stories Behind the Stars Special to The Times ...