On this day in history, August 19, 1812, the USS Constitution earned its memorable Old Ironsides nickname after routing warship HMS Guerriere of the mighty Royal Navy.

The forced "impressment" of U.S. sailors into Royal Navy service, usually backed by the threatened broadside of a RN warship, was a Yankee cause celebre. The British, however, had legitimate gripes.

1812: THE NAVY’S WAR By George C. Daughan Basic Books, $32.50, 417 pages, illustrated With the bicentennial of the War of 1812 soon upon us, a plethora of books on the subject are in the market ...

Upstart nation declares war on former colonial master, nearly gets blown off the map but rallies to squeak out a moral victory: Why does the War of 1812 get so little notice or respect?

Desperate to defeat Napoleon, Britain restricted U.S. trade with Europe and “impressed,” or seized, sailors on American ships for service in the Royal Navy.

The Indonesian tall ship Dewaruci, arriving for Navy Week NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Navy is kicking off its commemoration of the War of 1812 in New Orleans, where American forces beat back a ...

The U.S. Naval Academy Museum holds a public viewing on Saturday, April 7, 2018 in Annapolis, Md., of the British Royal Standard that flew over York (present-day Toronto), Canada, and was captured ...

Despite the U.S. Navy mariners’ heroics during the War of 1812, single-ship actions on the high seas made little difference in the outcome of the war.

Despite the rather over-the-top title, as the sub-title explains, How Britain Won the War of 1812 is a serious study of the British blockade of the United Stated coast during the war of 1812-1815.

The 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the War of 1812 Why did the country really go to war against the British? Which American icon came out of the forgotten war?

The diplomatic vocabularies of several current international conflicts echo, albeit distantly, 1812's route to war. Economic sanctions and (backfiring) embargoes aggravated U.S.-British relations.

The forced “impressment” of U.S. sailors into Royal Navy service, usually backed by the threatened broadside of a RN warship, was a Yankee cause celebre.