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Come aboard USS New Jersey: The Iowa-class battleship that could fight one last time

Following a major $10 million dry dock refurbishment, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62)—the most decorated warship in U.S ...
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Home for the holidays: USS George Washington wraps first deployment since return to Japan

The carrier’s arrival closed out its first annual deployment since its return to Japan in November 2024. Previously homeported in Yokosuka from 2008 to 2015, the George Washington subsequently spent ...
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Navy submarine base celebrates expanded New England USO facility

Sometimes Navy sailors and their families just need a place to recharge. The nonprofit United Service Organizations (USO) has ...

Michigan man won MoH at Pearl Harbor. How he died saving others

Francis Flaherty wasn't identified until decades after his selfless actions, and now has been buried in Charlotte.
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A US Navy Iowa-class battleship hit and nearly ‘sliced off the bow’ of a Navy destroyer

In May 1956, a Navy PR cruise off the East Coast turned disastrous when heavy fog and a radar outage left destroyer USS Eaton ...