Ships

Yankee sailor Cynthia Barrett chronicles the "inherited idiomatic nautical language" that adds so much spice to our language.

The hospital ship is heading to the Caribbean, Central America and South America as part of a humanitarian mission.

The USS Minneapolis-St. Paul was dropped sideways into the water Saturday at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard.

The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort begins on Friday a five-month medical assistance mission in 11 countries of the Americas.

The vessel would be the first named for a female service member killed in action.

America's confiscation of North Korea's "Wise Honest" freighter is stirring dim hopes for an exchange.

The USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, nearly collided with the Udaloy I DD 572.

A Russian destroyer with sunbathers aboard nearly collided with the cruiser Chancellorsville.

The Navy wants $400 million for two large unmanned-surface vessels in 2020.

The Naval Strike Missile will be fired from a truck in upcoming experiments.

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The driver of a truck in a collision that killed seven motorcyclists was charged with seven counts of negligent homicide.

Kelvin Ansari left behind a wife and four children ranging in ages from 5 to 25. He had served 21 years in the Army.

The four-year effort, known as Project Metropolis, is being led by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in Quantico.

Col. Nathaniel "Lips" Baker has been relieved of his duties following an investigation into an April off-duty incident.

Iran claimed that it could have killed Americans by shooting down a P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft.