For his bravery, Lassen was awarded the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military’s highest decoration, by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1969. Lassen, who retired from the Navy as a commander and died ...

The USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) The Zumwalt-class destroyers met the same fate as Seawolf submarines. The Navy intended ...

Johnson (DDG 1002) is made ready before flooding of the dry dock at General Dynamic-Bath Iron Works shipyard, and subsequent launching of the third Zumwalt-class destroyer. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy ...

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

The Navy even trained a bottlenose porpoise named ... At the end of Carpenter's month living underwater, President Lyndon B. Johnson called to congratulate him on the achievement.

Yet, instead of waiting to see how the vessel and its new launchers perform, the U.S. Navy also announced that the USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), the third and final vessel of the Zumwalt class ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.