Guam, the most strategically important U.S. possession in the Pacific, played a dramatic role in the early moments of America's involvement in both World Wars. In 1941, Japanese pl...
The Avanti sank on Jnauary 22, 1907 as it was transporting lumber from Pensacola to Montevideo, Uruguay. The details of the sinking of the ship are unknown. There are no historical...
The first voyage of Puritan as the newly appointed George M. Cox was also to be its last. On May 25, 1933 the ship left Chicago bound for Port Arthur to begin its new route in the ...