Naval History

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.