Today's US Navy may be poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago. A unique and little-known ship packed a formidable punch in the Korean and Vietnam wars. This ...

The U.S. Navy made an official apology this week for the bombardment and near destruction of a native Alaskan village 142 years ago. Speaking Saturday in Angoon, Alaska, located about 100 miles south ...

Sailors on a trim, haze-grey U.S. destroyer cheered as two seamen pulled away the stencil to show off a new decoration on the side of a forward gun turret. It was the white silhouette of a medium ...

Key Points and Summary - The Korean War pulled all four Iowa-class battleships—Missouri, New Jersey, Iowa, and Wisconsin—back into combat, where their 16-inch guns devastated Chinese and North Korean ...

About 75 miles northwest of San Diego, beyond the view of much of the mainland, the rugged and remote Navy outpost of San Clemente Island remains a mystery to most Californians. For nine decades, San ...

It is unfortunate that a more serious effort was not made to preserve the USS Maryland since she was the only survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack to remain in substantially original condition Here’s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Could America have done more with the Pearl Harbor survivors in the first year of the war? Perhaps, but forcing an engagement was a struggle for slow battleships.

Under blue skies and calm conditions, staffers from the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Environmental Division set out by boat Sept. 7 for two Chesapeake Bay islands — Bloodsworth and Adam — a task ...

Key Points and Summary - Between 1982 and 1992, the U.S. Navy resurrected its four Iowa-class battleships, turning WWII gun platforms into multi-role missile warships. -Upgrades added 16 Tomahawk ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — A Cold War-era destroyer will soon arrive in Downtown Jacksonville to continue its career as a museum ship. The USS Orleck departed a Texas dry dock, where it underwent painting ...