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US Coast Guard to add heavy icebreaker amid shipbuilding overhaul
The new vessel will be the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the U.S. in about five decades.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Warships sail to safety as Dorian looms
The Navy also issued an emergency evacuation order Wednesday evening for all non-essential active-duty service members and their families, activated reservists and civilian Department of Defense and Navy employees for a wide swath of coastal North Carolina.
By Navy Times staff
Sayonara, Japan! Wasp bound for Norfolk
Navy Personnel Command announced in early 2018 that Wasp was expected to return to Virginia around Sept. 20.
By Navy Times staff
Fixes coming to the famous Nobska Light
Ultimately, the cottage will house a maritime museum for the public to enjoy.
By Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times
Fatal fire clues dragged down to a watery grave
After the Coast Guard halts rescue operations following scuba boat inferno, investigators take over.
Officials: 34 presumed dead after fire on scuba diving boat
Coast Guard records show all safety violations from the last five years were quickly addressed by the boat's owners.
The Coast Guard is fighting Dorian now, the National Guard soon to join the battle
Navy warships also begin to sortie out of Hampton Roads while some of the sea service's aircraft fly to safety. Other aircraft will be stowed in hardened hangars in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria
Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that Tehran won't enter into direct talks with the U.S. unless Washington rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald Trump scrapped a year ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Coast Guard boatswain’s mate discovered dead in Alaska
He was declared dead by Valdez police late Saturday evening.
By Navy Times staff
Coast Guard: As many as 34 dead in California boat fire
Five crew members who jumped off the dive boat Conception were rescued, and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll told The Associated Press the Coast Guard was searching for others who may have been able to escape the same way.
US promotes free and open Indo-Pacific at naval exercise
A senior U.S. naval officer underlined Washington's commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific as the United States on Monday launched its first joint naval exercise with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
By Jerry Harmer, The Associated Press