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Repairs underway to save the decommissioned destroyer The Sullivans from taking on water

The 78-year-old decommissioned vessel is named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers who were killed in action when the USS Juneau was sunk by the Japanese in the South Pacific during World War II.

4 years ago

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Gulf of Alaska

Want to tell the Navy what you think about future exercises in the Gulf of Alaska?

The sea service will start work on an environmental impact statement for Northern Edge training.

5 years ago

The deaths of these 5 sailors changed how US manned military units

By 1948, a new 'Sole Survivor' policy barred an entire family from serving in war.

By Bruce Kuklick, World War II Magazine

6 years ago

Another Arctic mission completed, the Coast Guard’s icebreaker takes a bow

Cutter Healy is slated to return to its homeport in Seattle as this year’s three-month deployment ends.

By Michael S. Lockett, Juneau Empire

6 years ago

WWII’s Sullivan brothers remembered at Mayport

All five brothers died when a Japanese torpedo struck their ship, the light cruiser Juneau, on Nov. 13, 1942.

By Matt Soergel, The Florida Times-Union

6 years ago

Torpedo Junction: The South Pacific’s brutal underwater war

To beat back or blunt the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, Japan needed to cut the supply lifeline. They failed.

By John Prados, HistoryNet.com

6 years ago