NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO - Cmdr. Daniel Sledz relieved Cmdr. Kevin Ray as the commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Blue crew at a change of command ceremony aboard the ship, Dec. 16...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) Dec. 14, 2022, to assess progress on implementing the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) and...

MOBILE, Ala. - In a time-honored Navy tradition, the Honorable Leigh I. Saufley, sponsor of the Navy’s newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship the future USS Augusta (LCS 34), will christen the ship during a 10:00 a.m. CDT ceremony on Saturday, December 17, in Mobile, Ala...

SILVERDALE, Wash. - The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) arrived at its new homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Wednesday, December 14, 2022, after more than seven months deployed. This marks the first time any ship has moored at the newly constructed Olympic Pier, which was...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Columbus (SSN 762) conducted a change of command at Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Va., Dec. 14...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133) with a ceremony at HII’s shipyard on Dec 12...

BATH, Maine – The future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) successfully completed acceptance trials on December 9th, returning to General Dynamics Corp’s Bath Iron Works (BIW) Bath shipyard after spending two days at sea...

NORFOLK, Va. - Lt. Nathalie “Snap Shot” Behn, a Mechanical Engineer at Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, spends most of her time supporting Sailors and ensuring readiness from behind the scenes at the Price Fighters Department. However, it was her time in uniform as a...

PACIFIC OCEAN – After being moored pierside at Naval Air Station North Island for six months, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) successfully completed a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) ahead of schedule while underway conducting sea trials Dec. 4...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Nov. 30...