The US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, has been commissioned. DDG 122 became the 74th ship of her class and the second ship to bear the namesake of John ...

The ship bears the name of a Buffalo native and marine who served during World War II. John Basilone won the medal of honor for heroism during the Battle of Henderson Field at Guadalcanal one of the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Naval Station Mayport welcomed a new ship for the second time in as many days on Monday. The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship is the fourth to carry the Nantucket name and was ...

The United States Navy commissioned a new destroyer over the weekend in New York City, and it was named after legendary World War II hero U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone. Appropriately, the ...

The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is named after Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. Sgt.

The following is the Nov. 9, 2024, commissioning ceremony for the guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG-122) in New York City.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A special kind of homecoming took place at Naval Station Mayport Sunday morning. Three hundred sailors joined the debut of the USS John Basilone in Jacksonville. The USS John ...

The decision to have the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the late Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi continues to be controversial. The same certainly can’t be said of ...

The USS John Basilone was commissioned on the Hudson River along the Manhattan's West Side. Russia is suffering record casualties as the West steps up support for Ukraine, and it may struggle to ...