A fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, while it was moored pier side for a maintenance availability, which began in 2018. Base and shipboard ...

Sailors and firefighters attempt to put out a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on July 12, 2020. (MCS3 Class Christina Ross/U.S. Navy) An independent government watchdog ...

The USS Bonhomme Richard burned for four days while tied to the pier. No enemy attack. No sabotage. Just a cascade of ignored warnings, disabled systems, and critical delays. This video explains how ...

San Diego is one of three finalists in contention to host the 2029 Invictus Games, the organization behind the competition said Wednesday. The other two cities are Aalborg, Denmark and Daejeon, South ...

President Trump announced on Monday a new class of battleships as part of the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said that he approved a plan for the Navy to start construction of the two ...

BREMERTON — The rain poured and the wind howled as dozens of loved ones of sailors onboard the USS Nimitz stood on the pier under a pavilion. Their clothes drenched as the rain blew in sideways, many ...

President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

Connecting maritime manufacturing with the younger rungs of the workforce should be a national security priority. Contextualizing and explaining what the job will be like helps counter potential ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 16, 2025. In a press release, ...