Eerie Portsmouth Naval Prison Once Dubbed 'Alcatraz of the East'
More than 83,000 inmates passed through the Portsmouth Naval Prison's doors. Today, the deteriorating structure lies abandoned.
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More than 83,000 inmates passed through the Portsmouth Naval Prison's doors. Today, the deteriorating structure lies abandoned.
Poetry aboard U.S. aircraft carriers has been derided as evidence of a “too woke” Navy. Sailors disagree and keep up a New Year’s Day tradition by writing logbook entries in verse.
More than 83,000 inmates passed through the Portsmouth Naval Prison's doors. Today, the deteriorating structure lies abandoned.
The submarine USS Harder, which sank more Japanese ships than any other U.S. sub, has been found at the bottom of the South China Sea near the Philippines island of Luzon.
The U.S. Navy’s History and Heritage Command announced the finding of the USS Harder wreckage shortly before the Memorial Day weekend.