In 1944 the Merchant Marines commissioned the Rockland Victory, a Greenville Victory-class cargo ship built in 90 days by the Oregon Shipbuilding Company.

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

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The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships since November 2023 and have sunk two vessels, seized another and killed at least four seafarers. The intensity of attacks has disrupted ...

(DoD Photo) Secretary Carlos Del Toro continued his streak of naming ships, as his tenure as the ... to volunteer for naval service during World War II and the first to be promoted to an O-6 ...

When was asbestos used on U.S. Navy ships? Asbestos was used on virtually all ships built by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard between World War II and the late-1970s. Though asbestos was removed ...

Factbox-Houthi Attacks on Merchant Ships in the Red Sea (Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said the Iran-aligned group will monitor the implementation of a ceasefire ...

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TEHRAN – The Iranian army has unveiled an advanced reconnaissance ship, state media said on Wednesday, as military forces conducted drills nationwide focused on safeguarding the country’s nuclear ...

The Kremlin has been discussing Donald Trump's claims that a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin is being set up. Meanwhile, Russian elites are concerned with Vladimir Putin's efforts to wage a ...