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MiG Killer F/A-18 Hornet Lands on USS Hornet
A historic F/A-18 Hornet goes on display aboard the WWII aircraft carrier that also recovered the Apollo 11 astronauts.
A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock assault, prompting the ...
WAVY’s Navy Ship Salute is a feature on WAVY News 10 Today. Each month, in partnership with the U.S. Navy, WAVY-TV 10 will profile a different ship based at the world’s largest Navy base ...
Have you ever seen a Navy ship bearing letters and numbers like DDG-51 or DD-214 and wondered what those codes mean? These ship labels might look random, but they follow a system that's been ...
The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...
Two U.S. Navy destroyers repelled an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on American ships over the weekend, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says. "U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and the USS ...
A New Zealand navy vessel plowed into a reef near Samoa and sank because its crew mistakenly left it on "autopilot," a military inquiry found on Friday. Dozens of sailors were rescued from the ...
The U.S. Navy’s newest combat ship was commissioned in a Saturday ... from the war in Iraq to World War II, the Navy’s release said. The week leading up to the ceremony was characterized ...
and the third Navy ship to bear the name Nantucket, according to a service press release issued Saturday. Saturday’s ceremony featured several high-profile speakers, including Boston Mayor ...
New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for ...
Of the thousands of Navy ships in service during World War II, the USS Stewart may have one of the most unusual histories of all. Commissioned in 1920, the ship was stationed in the Philippines as ...
the ship was scuttled and struck from the Navy's roster in 1942. After a year under water, the ship was spotted in service during WWII, but this time it was at the hands of the Japanese Navy ...