Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

The Navy wants to buy 19 ships in fiscal year 2026, but delays, aging shipyards, and new threats may upset those plans.

The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding ...

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The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

U.S. Code “vessels of the Navy shall be named by the Secretary of the Navy under direction of the President according to the ...

Heading into Pride Weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the new name of the Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk.

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces Navy oil tanker renaming from gay rights leader Harvey Milk to Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson to take "politics out of ship naming." ...

The ship's new name will honor WWII sailor Oscar V. Peterson instead of Milk, who served for four years in the Navy before he was forced out for being gay.

Re “Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship” (June 3): The Navy will rename USNS Harvey Milk as part of the administration’s move … ...

The USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson in honor of a Navy chief watertender who died in World War II.