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To make matters worse, a thorough investigation of the incident placed blame for the collision on the submarine’s “ineffective and negligent command leadership.” ...
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Patriots Point hosted special events on Wednesday dedicated to honoring the legacy of veterans of the infamous kamikaze attack on the USS Laffey during the Battle of ...
He spent more than a decade with other veterans and members of the USS Laffey Association to get the ship ready to become a museum, and maintaining it once it had. The USS Laffey Association ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official ...
The judge, Col. Matthew S. Fitzgerald, announced the new start date for the trial — June 1, 2026 — at a pretrial hearing at the naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The judge had scheduled ...
According to Kim and Messenger -- and even Burke himself -- the relationship between them began in the shadow of the collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain in the Pacific in the ...
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WECT) - A Southport man was killed in a head-on collision on N.C. 211 near Clemmons Road on Tuesday night. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP), a 2006 Ford ...
The incident is currently under investigation. USS Harry S. Truman arrives in Greece for repairs after collision in Mediterranean On Feb. 12, USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision in the ...
The USS Laffey, a storied warship now docked at Patriots Point, remains a symbol of resilience and heroism decades after surviving a historic attack in April 1945 near Okinawa. During the mass ...
Two months after the collision, one of the underwater vessels, the USS Alvin, located the bomb on a steep slope nearly 2,600 feet below the surface. Over the next 1½ weeks, attempts were made to ...
In the early hours of June 17, U.S. destroyer the USS Fitzgerald was hit by a containership just off the coast of Shimoda, Japan. The collision claimed the lives of seven U.S. Navy Sailors.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — One of Patriots Point’s longest-serving volunteers will be honored with a Celebration of Life onboard the U.S.S. Yorktown next month. Dave Shuler died last month ...