Rough seas 46 miles off the coast of southern North Carolina, winds slam the Patriot State as cadets and crew practice an abandon ship drill.

Known as the Rottnest graveyard, the area holds dozens of historically significant vessels that have been scuttled over the decades, including navy ships and secretive submarines. Locating the ...

The ship's storied past — which includes being damaged in combat, abandoned, then revamped and used again by the Imperial Japanese Navy before being retaken by the U.S. and ceremonially "buried ...