Best Source of Naval News Since 1995
Naval History and Heritage Command’s Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, and Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton, Washington, both achieved reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)…
Type: Ship-of-the-line (later frigate) Laid down: 1813 Launched: 22 June 1814 First Commissioned: 22 June 1814 Fate: Scrapped 1915 The first ship built in the Charlestown Navy Yard, USS Independence was also the…
The United States’ first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is scheduled to reopen to the public in Groton, Connecticut, Sept. 9. Before closing in 2021, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) served as…