This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...

Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time. Attack submarines, for example, were once named for fish, then later for cities, and most recently (in ...

Since 1819, Congress has said Navy ships are to be named by the Secretary of the Navy. Congress also issues non-binding naming guidelines that shape tradition: destroyers after distinguished naval ...

The Navy is naming a ship after the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “As we close out Women’s History Month, it is my absolute honor to name the next T-AO after the Honorable Ruth Bader ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures. Buildings and streets at West Point and Annapolis are also unchanged to ...

Announcing that the Defense Department is finished with "political" ship names, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a video message Friday that the Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed at ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco. The ship will now be renamed ...

U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo holds a question and answer session at the “We the People” Democracy Fair at Rinconada Park in Palo Alto on June 14, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. The federal government ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump takes questions from journalists after announcing the US Navy's new Golden Fleet initiative at Mar-a-Lago ...