Special recognition for exceptional service during the past year went to Cheri Hadley, who was named Kiwanian of the Year, ...

The USS Hornet museum will be open to visitors over the holiday weekend, offering special tours, open cockpits, a Fleet Week-themed overnight event, speakers and its "Hornet Legacy" exhibition, which ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — A West Michigan museum dedicated to preserving old navy and coast guard vessels shipped out a retired Coast Guard cutter that was past the point of restoration. The USS Silversides ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

The names, hull numbers, and abbreviations that come before a warship's name have been going on for centuries, making the tradition of naming a ship, in a word — complicated. For instance, ships in ...

This documentary tells the story of the USS Hornet, one of the most iconic aircraft carriers of World War II. From launching the Doolittle Raid to fighting at Midway and Santa Cruz, CV-8 played a ...

“Hornet” is a deadly proud moniker in the annals of United States Navy history. Besides being the name of a deadly flying insect—remember the hysterical horror stories of the so-called “murder hornets ...

ABOARD THE USS MOUNT WHITNEY — The Navy wants to mothball the only ship in the fleet that allows a U.S. commander to simultaneously lead U.S. and NATO forces in Europe and Africa, a move critics say ...

This time, an F/A-18F Super Hornet failed to land on the aircraft carrier, going overboard, The Washington Post reported. The plane fell into the Red Sea. Both pilots on board were able to eject and ...