On September 7, 1955, the U.S. Navy’s first midget submarine – USS X-1, or SS X-1 – was launched at Oyster Bay, Long Island. Archival footage of the launch, where the diminutive vessel can be seen ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy, which attacked America on December 7, 1941, dragging the country into WWII was arguably the strongest on the planet. It consisted of 10 battleships; 10 aircraft carriers; ...