USS Forrestal symbolized American naval power, but a catastrophic accident in 1967 exposed the dangers of life aboard a ...

The Navy has suffered significant losses from 13 fires on ships undergoing maintenance since 2008. The Navy investigated these fires, including one on board the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020. Based on ...

NORFOLK — First responders were dispatched Saturday morning to a fire on board the USS Bataan docked at the General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard. Norfolk Fire-Rescue was dispatched at 8:50 a.m. to ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Two crew members of the USS Bataan were injured after a fire on the ship Saturday morning at General Dynamics, which is located on 200 Ligon St. Fire officials confirmed they ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews responded to a ship fire aboard the USS Bataan at General Dynamics Saturday morning. Firefighters responded around 8:50 a.m. after reports of a fire on a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk fire crews responded Saturday morning to a fire aboard the USS Bataan while the ship was docked at General Dynamics, officials said. Norfolk Fire-Rescue was called around 8:50 a ...

Key Points and Summary - In October 1966, the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was preparing for flight ops off Vietnam when a routine ordnance evolution turned catastrophic. -Two sailors ...

For decades, the United States Navy's Ohio-class nuclear submarines were the best unused weapons in the U.S. arsenal. This is because the Ohio-class was designed for one purpose: to deliver its ...

We toured the carrier — the most technologically advanced to date — at its home base in 2017. The Navy just ordered the carrier to the Caribbean amid the US' escalating tensions with Venezuela. The ...

Died peacefully on home hospice on September 26, 2025. Billy was born in Millen, Georgia on April 27, 1945. He graduated from Jenkins County High School in 1963. He then served in the U.S. Navy from ...