US Navy axes frigate program in another blow to efforts to keep up with China’s fleet

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...

Titanic tragedy of prominent Jewish couple resurfaces in record auction

Isidor Straus, the Jewish businessman who co-founded Macy’s, drowned with his wife in the Titanic disaster. His gold pocket ...
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Gold pocket watch of Titanic passenger sold for r $2.3 million at auction

An 18-carat gold pocket watch owned by Isador Straus becomes the most expensive Titanic memorabilia in auction history.

Gold watch owned by couple who died on the Titanic sells for $2.3 million

A gold pocket watch that once belonged to a couple last seen holding hands on the deck of the Titanic as it sunk has sold for ...

Pocket watch owned by Titanic victim sells for $2.3M at auction

A gold pocket watch owned by Isidor Straus, a first-class passenger who died with his wife, Ida, when the ship sank, has sold ...

Titanic Passenger’s Pocket Watch Sells for $2.3 Million

The watch belonged to Isidor Straus, a co-owner of Macy’s who was traveling first class on the Titanic with his wife when it ...