Wounded Warrior Project

From a shipmate: Wounded Warrior Project Surface Navy Association GreaterWashington Chapter For the past two years, the Greater Washington Chapter of the Surface Navy Association has conducted a campaign to assist our wounded shipmates recovering at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.  We collected more than 800 DVDs for the Sailors and Marines [...]

It Happened On This Date (More or Less)

August 15 1845 – U.S. Naval Academy established at Annapolis, MD on former site of Fort Severn, 1895 – Commissioning of Texas, the first American steel-hulled battleship. Texas served off Cuba during the Spanish-American War and took part in the naval battle of Santiago. Under the name of San Marcos, she was sunk in weapon [...]

It Happened On This Date (More or Less)

August 12 1812 – USS Constitution captures and destroys brig Adeona. 1918 – SECNAV approves acceptance of women as yeoman (F) in U.S. Navy. 1942 – USS Cleveland (CL-55) demonstrates effectiveness of radio-proximity fuze (VT-fuze) against aircraft by successfullydestroying 3 drones with proximity bursts fired by her five inch guns. 1944 – LT Joseph P. [...]

Navy Shoots Down Ballistic Missile in Test Off Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP–From FoxNews) — The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year. The military fired the target, a Scud-like missile with a range of a few hundred miles, from a decommissioned amphibious assault ship near Hawaii’s island [...]

US Navy Successfully Shoots Down US Spy Satellite

WASHINGTON — A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said. Full details were not immediately available. It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST. Two officials said the missile was launched successfully. One official, who is close to [...]

US Navy 232 Years Old Today!

On Friday, October 13, 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels, armed with ten carriage guns, as well as swivel guns, and manned by crews of eighty, and to send them out on a cruise of three months to intercept transports carrying munitions and stores to the British [...]

Forty Years Ago Today: October 2, 1967

On 2 October 1967 in a solemn, traditional Navy ceremony with full military honors, eighteen unidentified and or missing USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 crew members who died on 29 July 1967 are honored today at Arlington National Cemetery. It was the largest group burial in Arlington National Cemetery since World War II, Superintendent John C. Metzler [...]

From the Commanding Officer, USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63):

Folks, Had a unique opportunity to surprise the crew the other day. Made a little jog in navigation and was able to pass directly over the final resting place of USS LEXINGTON, CV-2. We passed over at almost exactly the time of day that she was hit by the first torpedo in May 19 42 [...]

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) Fire Remembered

Remembering USS Forrestal — 40 Years Later By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Wyscaver, Fleet Public Affairs Center, Atlantic NORFOLK (NNS) — The Farrier Firefighting School Learning Site (FFSLS), part of Naval Station Norfolk, commemorated the 40th anniversary of the devastating events on board aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA 59) in a ceremony July [...]

USS Forrestal Readies for Final Voyage

40 Years Ago Today: A Personal Remembrance by AGCM Fred Baillie, USN, Ret. USS Forrestal remained at Pier 12 Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA, until very early 20 May 1967, 3,500 family members, friends and relatives of Forrestal crewmembers arrive on board FORRESTAL this clear, sunny Saturday for a Family Day Cruise. Friends and family [...]