Since asbestos naturally traps heat and sound, it was used mainly as an insulator on U.S. Navy vessels to line, cover, or pad equipment to prevent fires aboard vessels and reduce any potential damage ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.

The Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will honor a fallen Marine, while two surveillance ships pay tribute to deep sea explorers. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jan 13, 2025 The Navy ...

It is important to recognize that failing to name a ship appropriately and assign it a worthy radio call sign can have ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named two new ships during a ceremony at the United States Naval Academy. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named two new ships during a ceremony at the ...

Known as Enterprise Remote Monitoring Version 4 (ERM v4), the system is the shipboard aspect of a Pentagon program called Condition Based Maintenance Plus, which in part aims to leverage machine ...

On Jan. 10, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro officially announced plans to honor Silver Star recipient 1st Lt. Travis Manion during a ceremony with the Travis Manion Foundation at the United ...

An expeditionary medical ship used by the Navy will be named for the city of Portsmouth. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Bethesda-class ship to honor the city’s long legacy of ...

Lisa Franchetti set a goal for the Navy last fall that she conceded might ... a five-part plan that includes getting new ships in the water on time while also creating more maintenance ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on Friday that two ships in a new class of vessels will be named in honor of two people who were among the first to reach the deepest known point in ...