USS Saipan (LHA 2) in April 2007 and USS Tarawa (LHA 1) in March 2009 and USS Nassau (LHA 4) in March 2011. Amphibious warships are designed to support the Marine Corps tenets of Operational ...

He joined the United States Navy, where he worked as a repair technician on the USS Saipan (LHA-2) and the submarine tender USS Simon Lake. Whether it was fixing nuclear subs or tackling complex ...

The survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty -- an event that happened 55 years ago -- snapped salutes as the president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Larry L. Bowen, began a ...

The Navy christened its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Harrisburg, on Saturday in Pascagoula, Miss. LPD 30, built by HII, is named after Pennsylvania’s capital city and ...

President Biden announced the names of the newest aircraft carriers that will join the U.S. Navy: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush. The carriers, named after former President Bill ...

The retired USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier will embark on its final voyage Thursday morning after spending nearly two decades docked in Philadelphia. The retired Navy carrier is set to ...

TO HAVE A VESSEL, A NAVAL WARSHIP VESSEL SUCH AS THIS USS HARRISBURG, NAMED IN OUR HONOR, IS TREMENDOUS. NOT ONLY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD THOSE VALUES THAT WE STATED EARLIER, BUT ALSO JUST TO ...

Kennedy touts a hefty $11 billion price tag — albeit $2 billion shy of the $13 billion first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford. Measuring 1,092 feet in length — only a few feet shy of the height of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The decommissioned aircraft carrier, formerly named after President John F. Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After more than 35 years of service, the Norfolk-based USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is about to leave on its final scheduled deployment, the Navy announced Wednesday. The ...

The former USS John F. Kennedy departed Philadelphia for its final voyage before being dismantled in Texas. After a weather-related delay, the aircraft carrier left the U.S. Navy’s Inactive ...

USS Sterett (DDG-104) will be the first destroyer to receive all electronic warfare, radar and combat system upgrades under the service’s Destroyer Modernization 2.0 program in a single ...