This October and November, hundreds of thousands of visitors and locals will flock to Philadelphia’s historic Old City neighborhood to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy and Marine ...

American battleships were a symbol of naval power for decades but became obsolete with the rise of missiles and other ...

Oct. 13 marks the Navy’s official birthday, but the museum at Naval Base Kitsap might be closed if the shutdown happens.

The USS Midway Museum is the longest-serving Navy aircraft carrier of the 20th century, commissioned in 1945, nine days after WWII ended, and serving until 1992. It was distinguished as ...

The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), during a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on Saturday, September 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EST).

People cheered, wept, and kissed in the streets as World War II finally came to an end in Europe. A few months later at the Potsdam Conference, Germany agreed to demilitarize and dismantle its once ...

The Gainesville Sun reported on Williams on the city council when Hawthorne decided to change its charter and allow the mayor ...

After a day aboard USS Iowa, it’s easy to feel the pull of nostalgia—and the argument that a modernized Iowa-class could ...

Richard Halsey Best, a U.S. Navy dive-bomber pilot, etched his name into history during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

China is building Type 055 destroyers, which are larger than the U.S.’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and have greater ...

A hobbyist historian has written a book about the fortifications and military sites created to defend the Delaware Bay during ...