One of the historic vessels on display was the Western Flyer, used in 1940 by author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed ...

The D-Day commemoration will feature war ship tours, vintage plane flyover, battle reenactments, music and a movie.

I’ve long been intrigued at mentions of a sunken German U-boat explored by divers in Rhode Island waters. But I’d never known ...

Wikimedia CommonsThe USS Hornet leaving Hampton Roads in October 1941. The search for the wreckage of the USS Hornet, an American aircraft carrier used during the Tokyo air raid in World War II, has ...

those aboard the USS Scorpion, and those who served aboard WWII submarines, at the Knights of Columbus in Newport News on Sunday, May 25, 2025. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot ...

In September 1940, he joined the USS Arizona as its ... serve on other ships during WWII and the Korean War and then taught at the officer candidate school in Newport, R.I. until he retired ...

More recently, Newport News Shipbuilding ... military in the years since it was established in 1901 and through World War II, assembling more than 200 ships, including 21 Navy destroyers, and ...

Newport News Shipbuilding is making history this year with its development ... He shot down at least one plane during World War II and helped carry wounded soldiers to safety during the 1941 attack on ...

Williams will spend a week at Norfolk, offloading her fuel before shifting to the East Coast Repair and Fabrication Shipyard in Newport News where ... Jima during World War II.

USS Texas, a U.S. Navy New York-class battleship that served in both WWI and WWII, undergoes repairs at ... said after the meeting. Online news site Chron’s reported Patterson said that Pier ...

At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ... (Take a journey through World War II’s most iconic warships.) ...