In our last item about seaplanes here in Sea Month, we looked at a U.S. Navy flying boat that nearly carried nuclear weapons into battle. But the Martin P6M SeaMaster was not the only attempt by the U ...

Although the F2Y's life was relatively short, it holds one record -– it's the only seaplane to ever travel faster than the speed of sound. In November of 1954, the Sea Dart disintegrated in mid-air ...

From the 1920s into World War II several nations developed high-performance floatplane aircraft. Indeed, some were among the fastest aircraft of their time. During World War II, the British evaluated ...

After World War II, the U.S. Navy found itself in uncertain waters, despite its enormous successes in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters. Blame the atomic bomb. The 1946 Operation Crossroads nuclear ...

Throughout the 1950s, the Navy explored various technologies in an attempt to give the service an advantage in the nuclear era. Here's What You Need To Remember: After spending more than $500 ...