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Opinion
Our sailors deserve good leaders
Retired Navy Capt. John Cordle argues that Big Navy needs to do better when it comes to vetting those it taps for command.
By Capt. John Cordle, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
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The Navy’s continuing cruiser debacle
A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
Here are the ships the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022
The final list will be dictated by the defense bill lawmakers pass in the coming months.
Asian Americans lobby to name Navy ship for Filipino sailor
Supporters say naming a ship for Telesforo Trinidad would honor not just the only Asian American in the U.S. Navy granted the nation’s highest award for valor, but the tens of thousands of Filipinos and Americans of Filipino descent who have served in the U.S. Navy since 1901.
As the US Navy scrambles to field more missiles in Asia, a tough decision looms for aging cruisers
How is the Navy going to replace its 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers, the air defense ships that each pack 122 vertical-launching missile cells?
By David B. Larter
WWII Navy chaplain posthumously awarded Navy Cross for comforting fellow sailors in ‘shark infested waters’
Lt. Thomas Conway swam to sailors to provide them with comfort, prayer and to administer sacraments after two Japanese torpedos hit the USS Indianapolis.
By Diana Stancy
Guided-missile cruiser Antietam suffers small fire, 13 sailors suffer minor injuries
"Crew members quickly extinguished the fire with no damage to engineering equipment and Antietam remains fully operational."
By Diana Stancy
Dodging COVID-19, Navy ships break record for staying at sea
When the ships left home in January, COVID-19 was just starting to emerge.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Navy guided-missile cruiser spills 4K gallons of fuel into Virginia river
A large warship spilled 4,000 gallons of fuel into a Virginia river late last week, the U.S. Navy has confirmed.
Sailor dies after ladderwell accident on board warship
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser was underway in the eastern Mediterranean Sea about 180 nautical miles west of Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete.
By Carl Prine and David Larter, Defense News
WWII vet, federal judge named by LBJ retires at 98
He had served longer than any other sitting federal judge.
By Carl Prine
The ‘Reluctant Dragon’ awakens: Saratoga’s brave raid on Rabaul
They said the Saratoga spent too much time at anchor—until the old flattop roared to work.
By Bruce Gamble, World War II Magazine