When a ship is decommissioned and dismantled, her story can disappear, but the Navy's scrappiest battleship in the World War II Pacific fleet – like its crew – refused to go down without a fight.

Learn their names: Crew members of the USS Indianapolis with ties to Tennessee The ship had earned 10 battle stars for participating in and dominating conflicts at sea. “They kind of felt like ...

One of WW2’s most tragic stories involved the U.S.S. Indianapolis, a cruiser sunk by a Japanese submarine during the closing months of the war. Only 316 of the ship’s 1,200-person crew survived.

Now it's here at the U.S.S. Tennessee Battleship museum." When the military figured out the bell was AWOL in Tennessee, the Navy allowed it to remain in Huntsville. "It's kind of 'possession is 99 ...

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It was a scene out of World War II — playing out Saturday afternoon — on the USS Alabama. A love of preserving the past — inspires the Battleship’s Living ...

Earl Henry Sr. (the dentist), Alfred Sedivi (the photographer) and Aulton Phillips (the laundry man) were from Tennessee, just like 47 of the 1,195 men aboard the doomed ship on a hot July 30, 1945.

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It was a scene out of World War II — playing out Saturday afternoon — on the USS Alabama. A love of preserving the past — inspires the Battleship’s Living ...