The mess attendant fired at Japanese aircraft with a .50-caliber machine gun on the battleship USS West Virginia and was the first Black person to be awarded the Navy Cross, the service's second ...

The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.

Alfred Thayer Mahan describes a capital ship—the core of any battle fleet—as a vessel able to dish out and absorb punishment against a peer... Here’s What You Need To Remember: USS Missouri ...

When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge ...

ONCE THE SHIP IS COMMISSI The U.S. Navy christened a ship named after the Pennsylvania capital, the USS Harrisburg. The christening happened over the weekend in Mississippi.Pa. history linked to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Battleship USS Iowa’s Facebook page shared its support for the people and businesses the wildfires have impacted. “For the most part it’s a lot of fallen ash ...

Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, the USS JFK was the first Navy ship named for the famed president and "last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the U.S. Navy," according to Naval Sea ...

The Navy christened its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Harrisburg ... and for everything you will do to bring this ship to life.” LPD 30 will be the U.S. Navy’s ...

Del Toro dubbed the Medium Landing Ship the McClung class, with USS McClung (LSM-1) as the lead ship. The vessel is named after Marine Corps Maj. Megan McClung, a public affairs officer who was ...

On May 11th 2020, an important historical discovery concerning the United States’ military history was announced that went largely unnoticed by the wider public because of the Covid-19 pandemic that ...

Today marks an unforgettable moment. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has announced that the new naval ship, scheduled for procurement in 2025, will be named the USS Travis Manion. This vessel ...