Latest "USS Pennsylvania" stories

Prosecutors: Another Navy sub officer busted for narcotics side hustle

He's accused of using and distributing cocaine in Seattle.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

How did you land a plane on a Navy ship in 1911? Very, very carefully

On January 18, 1911, Eugene Ely landed the Curtiss biplane on a deck erected on the cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay. He was aided by a tailhook — the first ever — and arrestor cables attached to sandbags.

By HistoryNet

4 years ago