NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, ...

For the first time since it sank more than 160 years ago, the public is getting a high-definition look at the Civil War’s ...

Early in the evening of Feb. 12, 1935, the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Macon was cruising back to its home port at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale after completing survey work over the Pacific. While ...

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Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance.

New: Iran announced a new leader over the weekend: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He’s 56 years old, and is thought to be “considerably more ...

The Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront has been transformed. When I moved to Williamsburg in 2001, the waterfront was a polluted mess of obsolete industrial uses that ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, is currently heading toward the Middle East. (MCS Alyssa Joy/U.S. Navy) The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft ...

Capt. Chavius Lewis had been command of the guided-missile destroyer since Nov. 2024. No further reason was given for his firing. By Nicholas Slayton Published Feb 13, 2026 2:27 PM EST The commander ...

President Donald Trump has rewritten United States military strategy. What that means for Iran as the U.S. builds up ...

U.S. Central Command released fresh footage Thursday showing destruction in Iran as the regime is feeling the impact of the U ...

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the ...