Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts flight operations aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 2, 2025. Tripoli, the flagship of the ...

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 ...

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Two U.S. Navy warships pulled into Da Nang, Vietnam, on Monday for the first Navy visit to the city in two years, according to the service. The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli — lead vessel of the ...

The amphibious assault ship can deploy Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) with up to 2,200 troops and serve as the flagship of an expeditionary strike group or an amphibious ready group. Yet, it is ...

More than 100 sailors were sleeping a few dozen yards from the point of impact where a merchant vessel slammed into the steel sides of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Feb. 12. Another ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar on Oct. 1 for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, is currently heading toward the Caribbean. (Mass ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. Federal ...

Washington — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy's Pacific ...

The U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum will mark the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday with a weekend of events aboard the USS Salem at Quincy’s Fore River Shipyard. The celebration runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tourists and locals in Marseille, France, were met this week with a unique sight: the largest aircraft carrier in the world. The Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Winston S. Churchill stopped ...