The Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will honor a fallen Marine, while two surveillance ships pay tribute to deep sea explorers. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jan 13, 2025 The Navy ...

During World War I, the need for U.S. Navy minesweepers to clear naval minefields resulted in a new class of ships requiring unique names. Under the guidance of then-Assistant secretary of the ...

The land managed by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) in the Cape Peninsula is a serious fire hazard, experts say. In violation of ...

This June the South African Navy will bring four naval ships and highly trained forces to Durban’s shores as part of its World Hydrography Day celebrations. The spectacle runs alongside Transnet ...

THE CHRISTENING OF THE AMPHIBIOUS SHIP CELEBRATED A CULMINATION OF TIME AND EFFORT, AND REPRESENTS THE FUTURE FOR THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. THE TWO WOMEN CARRYING OUT THE LONG TIME TRADITION ...

“In relation to the Naval Orders, the SA Navy is not inventing anything new. We are merely implementing the prescript of the Naval Order which was approved in 2010. In relation to the Naval Orders, ...

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest ... where asbestos dust was so ...

But the Navy this year is testing a new data-driven tool that officials say will help weather forecasters direct and reroute ships and other seagoing platforms when weather and ocean conditions ...

At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...

The renaming ceremony of the two PPA vessels sold to the Indonesian Navy was held today at Fincantieri's shipyard in Muggiano ...

19, 2016, in San Diego. Mabus met with sailors aboard the America, after meeting with shipbuilders earlier Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) A new guided missile Navy destroyer ship will be named in ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.