NAPLES, Italy — Cook and baker Geremie Topacio is normally at work by 5:30 a.m., preparing breakfast for a crew of about 300 aboard the 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney. She is one of about ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show. Military.com reviewed a ...

While the renaming is rare, the Biden administration also changed the names of two Navy ships in 2023 as part of the effort to remove Confederate names from U.S. military installations. The USS ...

Navy ships are among the most potent ... which denote a ship as an aircraft carrier. A good example is the mighty USS GERALD R. FORD, regarded as one of the most lethal combat platforms in the ...

US Navy Photo A West Coast destroyer departed on Tuesday as the latest ship to deploy in support of operations in U.S. Northern Command, reads a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces. USS Sampson (DDG ...

He joined the Navy in 1951, serving aboard the submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake and then as a diving instructor in San Diego. He left the service in 1955. Milk was killed in 1978 when ...

The memo did not include the new name for the ship, but states that Hegseth and Phelan are set to announce the moniker aboard the USS Constitution, the Navy’s oldest commissioned vessel ...

Milk served in the U.S. Navy. From 1952 to 1954, he held posts as an operations and dive officer aboard two submarine rescue ships — the USS Chanticleer and the USS Kittiwake — both active ...

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to rename a U.S. Navy ship. Is this a common practice ... He cited the example of the USS New York, an armored cruiser built in 1893, which ...