Latest "Atlantic Ocean" stories

In this image taken from U.S. Coast Guard video, one of three fishermen is rescued from ocean waters by the Coast Guard five miles east of the island of Nantucket off the Cape Cod, Mass., coast Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023.

Coast Guard rescues three fishermen from Atlantic waters

A Jayhawk helicopter crew based out of Cape Cod discovered all three fishermen clinging to a buoy and hoisted them to safety.

4 months ago

As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games

The war games, dubbed Steadfast Defender 21, are aimed at simulating the 30-nation military organization’s response to an attack on any one of its members.

3 years ago

China’s Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic, says a top US general

U.S. military commanders around the globe caution that China's growing assertiveness isn't simply happening in Asia.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

3 years ago

New in 2021: Will 1st Fleet and Atlantic Fleet outlast the Trump administration?

It remains unclear whether plans announced by Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite in December will carry over into the new administration.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

Dead by their own hands: Why the Germans scuttled a fleet

Just a few fathoms below Scapa Flow’s dark surface lie the remains of a navy — four battleships and four light cruisers of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet, scuttled by their own crews in 1919 in the largest act of self-destruction in naval history.

By Mark T. Simmons, Military History

4 years ago

Relearning the lessons of BALTOPS

On the doorstep of a resurgent Russia, a force of 8,600 personnel from 18 nations on board 50 ships and two submarines practices war at sea.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago