HONOLULU (AP) — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said, adding she was beside […]
A Florida sailor is dead after going missing from the USS Mason, a Mayport-based destroyer, on Wednesday while operating in the Red Sea, the Department of Defense announced on Saturday. The sailor, identified as Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Oriola Michael Aregbesola, 34, died on Wednesday after a “non-combat related incident,” the DOD said in a statement on […]
A famed battleship floated down the Delaware River on Thursday as the USS New Jersey left its dock in Camden, New Jersey, on its way to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive maintenance work. The vessel, guided by tugboats, was first headed to the Paulsboro Marine Terminal, where it will be balanced to prepare for […]
The Navy has fired the captain of the USS Ohio guided missile submarine, service officials revealed. Capt. Kurt D. Balagna was fired as commanding officer of the Ohio “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the Navy said in a Wednesday statement. “Navy commanding officers are held to high standards of personal and professional […]
The battleship USS Texas returned to the water after months of dry-dock restoration work. The battleship is famous for its involvement in both World War I and World War II. Repairs to the last dreadnought have so far taken 18 months and cost more than $21 million. Mighty USS Texas is back in the water […]
The USS Cincinnati submarine memorial, once envisioned for Cincinnati’s riverfront, will instead be built in Butler County. An artist rendering of the USS CINCINNATI COLD WAR Memorial & Peace Pavilion that will be part of the VOA Museum Center in West Chester. March 1, 2024 Parts of the former Cold War-era attack sub will be […]
A new video shows the testing of the aircraft launch system for the Navy’s new supercarrier. The testing involves loading heavy wheeled vehicles onto the catapults and launching them into a river. The USS John F. Kennedy is the Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier. A new video from a shipbuilder captures catapult testing on the […]
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent four months straight at sea defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones fired by Iranian-backed Houthis, and are now more regularly also defending against a new threat — fast unmanned vessels […]
The Navy has fired the commanding officer of the Japan-based destroyer USS Howard who has been at the post less than six months and came after another fired commander. The Navy “relieved the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, Feb. 6, 2024, due to a loss of confidence […]
STORY: The top U.S. diplomat’s fifth trip to the region since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack comes at a perilous moment and amid retaliatory U.S. strikes on Iran-backed militia across Syria, Iraq and Yemen in response to a drone strike last week in Jordan that killed three American troops and wounded dozens. Blinken is also […]
The commanding officer of the cruiser Lake Erie fostered a hostile environment on the ship by tormenting crew members before she was relieved of duty in October, according to a Navy investigation obtained by Navy Times. Capt. Danielle DeFant — who commanded the ship for roughly 14 months — was ousted following an investigation that […]
The Navy fired the commander of one of its guided-missile submarines Friday, the service announced in a statement Monday. The commanding officer of the USS Georgia sub’s blue crew — Capt. Geoffry Patterson — was relieved by Rear Adm. Thomas Buchanan, the commander of Submarine Group 10, “due to a loss of confidence in his […]