In October 1864, according to local lore, three women walked to the community cemetery in the village of Boalsburg, Centre ...

Teaching American history in Jacksonville sometimes comes easily, because so many of its people are connected to the important events of U.S. past. This month the 83rd anniversary of the U.S ...

(WLOX) - Ingalls Shipbuilding is set to christen the USS Harrisburg, the first Flight II in the class constructed for the U.S. Navy. Named after the capital city of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg will ...

The most recent USS Iowa, the highly decorated WWII-era battleship BB 61 (1943-1990), saw action in World War ... Gregory Coy, a Walnutport, Pennsylvania native and 2006 graduate of the U.S. Naval ...

Ganitch, 101, was on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) at Pearl Harbor naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese forces carried out a surprise airstrike against U.S. ships. Ganitch — ...

The United States Navy has used the same standards to assign names and hull numbers to its vessels for more than a century.

The USS Iowa BB 61, a highly decorated WWII-era battleship (1943-1990), saw action in World War II, the Korean War and Gulf War. The first USS Iowa BB 4 (1897-1919) saw action in the Spanish ...

WATERLOO — Watch parties are being held around the state the first weekend in April – and not just for the Final Four of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. This “big ...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Friday after a three-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific in ...

Select a location below. The Pentagon released multiple videos showing 24/7 operations against Houthis rebels by the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson and Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman in the ...

U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States.