Just as there are unorthodox planes and cars, the same is true for ships — including those used for armed conflict.

Flickr/Grille1991 The U-Boat Attacks off Myrtle Beach German submarines hunted ships off South Carolina in early 1942, bringing World War II to American shores. From January to June, Nazi U-boats sank ...

A small but growing number of footwear companies are using "biodegradable" and "compostable" as selling points. What does that mean, exactly?

The area is popular among free divers, who plunge deep into open water without a scuba tank, hitting depths that would make a ...

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On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

The German submarine U-977, a Type VIIC U-boat, became the center of one of World War II’s most intriguing post-war mysteries ...

During the Second World War the Germans experimented with an interesting rotary wing design known as a 'rotor kite'. These concepts would result in a fully functional spotting aircraft to be used ...

German property lender Deutsche Pfandbriefbank is exiting the U.S., citing unstable economic and political conditions. The small bank, which expanded into lending for U.S. real estate around a ...

In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for ...

The US and fellow Group of Seven nations signed off on an agreement aimed at averting a global tax war, by creating a “side-by-side” system that would exempt US companies from some elements of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban on receiving Afghan migrants deported from Germany, he told Focus magazine in ...