Burials began in 1856 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which shut down in 1996, More than 900 people are buried in the cemetery ...

USS Truxtun just returned from a seven-month deployment in October. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun, one of the Navy’s first six captains; she is now the sixth ship to bear the name. This ...

One late afternoon in mid-October, Taylor McNeilly, a 36-year-old archivist teaching at Simmons University, set off to campus from their family home in Glocester, R.I., about five minutes later than ...

In late December 2025, the U.S. Navy announced plans to pursue a new class of large surface combatants described as Trump-class battleships, marking the first time in decades the service has publicly ...

U.S. Navy Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ozzy Hammond fires a shot line on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during fueling-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet ...

The Navy has suffered significant losses from 13 fires on ships undergoing maintenance since 2008. The Navy investigated these fires, including one on board the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020. Based on ...

George Gater Mike Hancock, Jr., of West Chester, PA, passed away peacefully on December 28th, surrounded by his family. Born on November 3rd, 1938, Mike grew up in Fayette City, PA. He was the only ...

In continuation — and rhyming verse — with their offseason strategy to date, the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to another trade on Sunday which sends a high-paid veteran player to the Red Sox, as first ...

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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, ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday announced plans to build new battleships for the first time in more than 80 years — and is naming them after himself. The new ships will represent an upgrade to ...