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Several Navy ships named after civil rights leaders may be renamed by Pete Hegseth in his push for "reestablishing the warrior culture" of the military.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders. In ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the ship that honors Harvey Milk, a former sailor who later ...
The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said ...
Princess Kate looked shipshape as she conducted her first official naming ceremony for a naval ship by smashing a bottle of ...
Rick Burgess as commanding officer of the USS Gerald ... a time-honored Navy tradition, was attended by Navy leadership, family, friends and crew. Under Burgess’ command, the ship sailed 101,681 ...
The U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer on a solo transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the second Navy trip through the contentious waterway this year, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific ...
Ships in the United States Navy can fulfill their service for anywhere between 25 to 53 years, depending on the vessel. If a ship retires, it's turned over to the Navy Inactive Ships Office ...
At the turn of the millennium, the U.S. Navy faced ... littoral combat ships—sleek, trimaran vessels designed for agility in nearshore operations. With their futuristic silhouette and ...
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday.
In 2021, a 400-meter-long (1,312 feet) container ship, the Ever Given, became lodged between opposing banks of the canal, blocking international shipping traffic for six days. Roughly 12% to 15% of ...