1785 - The order is given to sell the last ship remaining in the Continental Navy, the frigate Alliance. No other Navy ships are authorized until 1794. 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, the ...

While America's massive fleet of aircraft carriers is difficult to sink, they are sadly not unsinkable. The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as ...

On Thursday the Coast Guard completed the medical evacuation of a 52-year-old man from Midway Atoll. At 10 a.m. Tuesday morning the Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu received ...

Nancy Caruso sat on an island in the North Pacific Ocean just inches from an albatross and watched as the large black-and-white seabird with a 12-foot wingspan added grass to its nest to cover up a ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There was a big scare in the sky right over the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Alarms went off inside a United Airlines plane as a burning smell filled the cabin. The plane, which ...

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during ...

U.S. and South Korean sailors await the arrival of the nuclear-powered USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, named after former Adm. Chester Nimitz, in Busan, South Korea, on March 28, 2023. File Photo by ...

(L-R) North Island Credit Union VP, Regional Manager Therese Caballes; Leslie Houck, Zamarano Elementary School Teacher; USS Midway Director of Education Tina Chin; North Island Credit Union VP, NAS ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. “We are truly grateful to the U.S. Coast Guard and their ...