The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Crew aboard USS North Carolina staged a boisterous Christmas Eve 'smoker' in 1943. Chaplain Wuebbens raised funds and arranged Macy’s ...

(WGHP) — For decades, North Carolina has had the most people who live in rural areas and small towns, and Star, in Montgomery County, was part of that. “In Star, you knew everyone, and everyone knew ...

This is the bell of the USS California, one of 8 battleships hit in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The USS California was badly damaged by two aerial torpedoes and *** bomb. During ...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), front, USS Mahan (DDG-72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) embarked Carrier Air ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

The newest ship in the Navy, the USS Pierre, was commissioned Saturday in Panama City, Fla.: “Welcome to the fleet,” said Navy Secretary John Phelan, who gave the keynote address. Pierre is the 19th ...

The Pentagon is moving some of its most advanced units and weapons closer to Venezuela as tensions run high between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday maps the buildup in the ...

The first USS Utah was lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and no other ship was named for the Copper State until Saturday’s dedication ceremony. Last Friday, at a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, ...

We toured the carrier — the most technologically advanced to date — at its home base in 2017. The Navy just ordered the carrier to the Caribbean amid the US' escalating tensions with Venezuela. The ...

The Pentagon is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, and its carrier air wing to the Caribbean as the Trump administration conducts strikes against boats it says are ...