U.S. Navy

Newport Naval Station Can’t Host Save The Bay Swim Newport Naval Station Can’t Host Save The Bay Swim

The U.S. Navy has informed Save The Bay that Naval Station Newport cannot host the start to the 2013 Save The Bay Swim—an annual fundraising event for the Rhode Island-based environmental organization—due to fiscal constraints imposed by federal budget...

 » April 16th, 2013
Guided-Missile Cruiser to Attend Camden Windjammer Event Guided-Missile Cruiser to Attend Camden Windjammer Event

Bangor Daily News: The U.S. Navy ship Normandy will anchor off the harbor Friday, August 31, and remain through Sunday, September 2, coinciding with the annual Camden Windjammer Festival. The 567’ guided-missile cruiser, built at Bath Iron Works and...

 » August 31st, 2012
Navy to Conduct Torpedo Testing off Cape Cod Navy to Conduct Torpedo Testing off Cape Cod

Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror: The U.S. Navy will be conducting torpedo testing off Cape Cod Wednesday through Friday , with a torpedo-retrieval vessel stationed near the mouth of Nantucket Harbor and a recovery helicopter at Nantucket Memorial...

 » August 8th, 2012
New Navy Ship to be Named Millinocket New Navy Ship to be Named Millinocket

Bangor Daily News: One of the U.S. Navy’s latest generation of shallow-draft transport craft will be named the U.S. Naval Ship Millinocket in honor of Millinocket and East Millinocket, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said Wednesday. The U.S....

 » June 11th, 2012
Navy Stealth Boat Up for Auction Navy Stealth Boat Up for Auction

According to the technology website SlashGear.com, the U.S. Navy is auctioning off the Sea Shadow stealth boat, a 1983 project into marine stealth technology that, for almost 10 years, allowed the vessel to covertly sail the oceans without detection...

 » May 1st, 2012
Maine’s Bath Iron Works Building Navy’s Biggest Destroyer Maine’s Bath Iron Works Building Navy’s Biggest Destroyer

An expensive, technology-laden warship that is the biggest destroyer ever built by the U.S. Navy is currently taking shape at Maine’s Bath Iron Works, according to an article in the Kennebec Journal. The low-to-the-water warship will feature a wave-piercing...

 » April 19th, 2012
RI Sub Builder Opens New Facility RI Sub Builder Opens New Facility

Providence Journal: The U.S. Navy’s primary contractor for submarines is opening a new production facility at Rhode Island’s Quonset Point. Executives at Electric Boat intend to dedicate its new 146,000-square-foot building Tuesday. Governor Lincoln Chafee and members of the...

 » January 9th, 2012
Bath Iron Works Receives $30 Million Contract Bath Iron Works Receives $30 Million Contract

Kennebec Journal: The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a nearly $30 million contract modification for additional work on the DDG-1001 Zumwalt-class destroyer. The money will allow the shipyard to continue purchasing construction materials and help fund engineering...

 » May 22nd, 2011