At the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in the Revolutionary War, a gunboat called the Philadelphia for the ...
The USS Nimitz, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier, returned to its homeport, Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, last month from its final deployment, a nine-month tour through the Third, ...
A “very rare” Navy ship that once hunted mines in the Pacific is being rebuilt in an unlikely place: the Port of Stockton in California’s Central Valley. The USS Lucid, a Cold War era minesweeper, is ...
California has an impressive maritime history that dates back well beyond its statehood and, in fact, beyond America's history as a country. Native Americans settled along the Pacific coast hundreds ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. On Saturday, the U.S. Navy's USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) aided in the ...