On the night of July 19, 1944, the "Vital de Oliveira" was torpedoed by a Nazi German sub. It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, the navy said in ...

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. See photos of the inside.

A World War II ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast of Rio De Janeiro using sonar imaging. More ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

The largest tall ship in U.S. government service, the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, will make a rare appearance in San ...

Remembering the Sinking of Bismarck: A Story of Heroic Naval Tactics in WWII. On May 23, 1941, the Battleship Bismarck was on a roll.The largest and most powerful ship in the German Navy, the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL––According to a CNN report, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the location of the shipwreck of Vital de Oliveira 28 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The ship was ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that it could not confirm whether the hulk lying 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the coast was indeed the ship in question.

The ship's escort, U.S. Navy boat PC-566, immediately retaliated by dropping depth charges on the sub. ... The U.S. vessel was sunk by a German submarine during World War II.

It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, the navy said in a news release. About 100 of the ship's crew of approximately 270 were killed.

More than 80 years after a Brazilian warship was sunk by a German submarine during World War II, the vessel's location has finally been confirmed, Brazil's navy has revealed. The historic vessel ...