The USS Hobson held its annual convention in Charleston on April 25-27. The USS Hobson was training with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp on April 26, 1952, when the Wasp turned into the wind. The Hobson ...

Members of the Fleet Reserve Association Low Country Branch 269 and Ladies Auxiliary Unit 269 led by Fleet Reserve Association National president, Mark Kilgore, hosted the 61st annual memorial held at ...

O’CONNOR Francis W. “Frank” recently residing in Victor, Montana, formerly of South Boston and South Weymouth, MA, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, May 27, 2012 following a brief illness. A ...

On a Saturday afternoon in April 1952, two days before his ship would leave for duty during the Korean War, Joseph Torrisi dashed off a two-page letter to his older sister, Rose, on embossed U.S. Navy ...

I was a young sailor serving aboard the auxiliary repair landing craft USS Pandemus out of Charleston, S.C., in 1951 and 1952. In April 1952, just prior to the Charleston-based destroyer minesweeper ...

1860 - The screw steamship Mohawk captures the slaver Wildfire with 530 slaves on board in the Bahama Channel, taking them to a camp in Key West guarded by Mohawks Marines until returned home. 1869 - ...

O’CONNOR Francis W. “Frank” O’Connor, recently residing in Victor, Montana, formerly of South Boston and South Weymouth, MA, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, May 27, 2012 following a brief ...