To wit: “According to a photo published last Friday by the official Facebook page of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Spruance, at least 13 ‘kill marks’ were visible on the hull of the warship ...
The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the ...
Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima Memorial Park in James City County — now known as Veteran’s Monument Park — appears to be stalled.
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...