UW's first Black basketball player arrived in the Northwest due to his father's job at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

It's peaceful now, in an idyllic Bainbridge Island location with spectacular views overlooking the water, but Fort Ward was once humming with military activity.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – After 18 months in the shipyard, the U.S.S. Arlington returned to the docks. Our team at WAVY, alongside the ship’s mascot Arly the Eagle, welcomed the ship back.

As the last surviving destroyer built in Massachusetts and the last U.S. Navy-style Gearing-class destroyer left in the world ...