Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday delivers the keynote address during the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Midway commemoration ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., June 5.

On June 2, 2023, Capt. Blair Guy, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 28 (CDS 28), based in Norfolk, Va., relieved Cmdr. Jeffrey Applebaugh, commanding officer of USS Stout (DDG 55), due to loss of confidence in his ability to command.

In accordance with international law, USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) conducted a routine south to north Taiwan Strait transit June 3 through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply. During the transit, PLA(N) LUYANG III DDG 132 (PRC LY 132) executed

Pascagoula, MS – The keel for the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 2.The ship is the fifth Navy vessel to be named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and

United States and United Kingdom Royal Navy forces responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, June 4, as Iranian fast-attack boats harassed the commercial ship.