On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...

The USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese “Long Lance” torpedo during the November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, off the ...

Located in the Solomon Islands near Guadalcanal, Iron Bottom Sound experienced five major naval battles between August and ...

An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the discovery of the USS New Orleans shipwreck near the Solomon Islands. We also hear from a conservative Mississippi mom who is now a major advocate ...

Researchers mapped 13 shipwrecks from WWII battles sunk near Guadalcanal, uncovering wrecks and honoring those lost in combat.

The group Nautilus Live recently returned from a 21-day expedition surveying and mapping the ocean floor around the Solomon ...

In a remarkable twist of history, the role of fruit in a WWII naval escape has come to light with the discovery of the USS ...

Explorers on a quest to study a famed wartime shipwreck site have discovered new artifacts from one lost American destroyer. The USS DeHaven, which was sunk during an attack off the Solomon ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The longest human space flight up to that time ended with the splashdown of the Skylab 3 crew of Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott, and Jack R. Lousma on September 25, 1973. The ...

Amtrak station in New Orleans and boarding platform in Mobile are within walking distance or a short ride to aquarium, zoo, battleship.