The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Two BIG ONES & one little dinghy battle it out for bragging rights in the first-ever Pineapple Cup. It's sailing Zatara vs ...

The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States. Advertisement ...

The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States.

The first U-boat to enter the Gulf was U-507, which cruised into the area on April 30, 1942.By May 12, it had sunk five Allied tankers and cargo ships. One of these vessels, the tanker Munger T ...

And a battle over who will pay those legal expenses has emerged as the $21 million question for the State of Rhode Island. ... German U-boat; RI assault weapons ban; truck tolls battle: Top stories.

An unsung environmental success story has unfolded in Florida. With hurricane season is upon us, a restored river wetland ...

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

San Diego-based federal prosecutors revealed Friday in a motion to unseal the indictment that Calderon-Carrillo, who they ...

Winds of about 30 knots and swells of up to 8 feet were reported around the time the 27-foot old Chris-Craft vessel flipped ...

GIMPO, South Korea (AP) — Prisoners of war held for decades after the fighting stopped. Civilian abductees. Defectors. Separated families. They are Koreans who symbolize the decades of division and ...