The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...

As part of a Navy plan deal with a shortage of civilian mariners, 14 support ships have been sidelined. The plan ...

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.

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

Naval Academy seniors, otherwise known as midshipmen first class, or “firsties,” drafted their homeport and the ship they’ll serve on this spring. After graduation, they are commissioned as ...