BATH, MaineBATH, Maine — A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne Saturday by his ...

Today in U.S. 1856 - Cdr. Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians. 1917 - USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — The guided missile destroyer USS ...

BATH, Maine - A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne Saturday by his granddaughter.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The guided-missile ...

Troops onboard the newest destroyer to join the Navy’s Pacific Fleet arrived in San Diego on Monday morning to hundreds of families and friends. USS Spruance is the second Navy ship to bear the name ...

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Pp. 518. Illus., maps, charts, index. $34.95. ISBN:0-870-21562-0 Raymond Ames Spruance lived – and worked – in the shadow of William F. Halsey. Yet, it was ...

BATH, Maine — A U.S. Navy destroyer bearing the name of a commander who won a pivotal battle in the Pacific during World War II was christened with a bottle of champagne today by his granddaughter, ...

Two Navy ships will return to Naval Base San Diego on Thursday following separate deployments to the Western Pacific Ocean, the Navy announced Tuesday. The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens and the ...

American history is replete with tales of conflict between presidents and Congress, but rarely have both institutions been more in agreement than when they bestowed five-star ranks on eight admirals ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance left San Diego Wednesday for its maiden deployment. The Arleigh Burke class vessel and its crew of 260 officers and enlisted personnel will ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...