Latest "USS Monterey" stories

USS Monterey and USS Mitscher return to Norfolk after nine-month deployment

The cruiser and the destroyer are the last ships deployed with the Dwight. D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to return home.

By Diana Stancy Correll

2 years ago

Iran rejects claim that its speedboats sparked encounter with US vessels in Strait of Hormuz

It was the second time in two weeks that a U.S. ship opened fire to warn vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

2 years ago

US Navy seizes arms shipment in Arabian Sea likely bound for Yemen

The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

2 years ago

‘Hell, this is like an old-fashioned turkey shoot.’

One of the greatest aircraft battles of all time devolved into a one-sided slaughter.

By John W. Lambert, Aviation History Magazine

4 years ago

Cruiser Monterey receives bomb threat

The Navy guided-missile cruiser Monterey is being overhauled at a Marine Hydraulics Ship Repair in Norfolk.

By Mark D. Faram

5 years ago

Here’s what the mess served Navy shipmates on Christmas Days of the past

From fruit with mayonnaise dressing to turkey with tartar sauce, check out these Xmas menus from underway vessels of yesteryear.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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