U.S. Navy

Sailor With Berkshire Ties Among 3 Killed in Navy Plane Crash

By JD Allen • Nov 27, 2017
U.S. Navy

A Navy pilot from Dalton, Massachusetts who fatally crashed in the Philippine Sea is being remembered warmly. 

Navy Attack Sub Returns To Connecticut From Arctic Mission

By • Apr 16, 2016
USS Hartford submarine in the water
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A Navy attack submarine returned to its Connecticut homeport Friday following a mission that took it to the Arctic.

1st Enlisted Female Sub Sailors Start Training In Conn.

By • Aug 26, 2015
wikipedia.org

The first four of the female enlisted sailors selected for the Navy's "silent service" have begun training at submarine school in Groton, Connecticut.

Lawmakers Ask U.S. Navy To Name A Ship In City's Honor

By Allison Dunne • Apr 28, 2015
Courtesy of the City of White Plains

New York’s two U.S. Senators and a Hudson Valley congresswoman are urging the secretary of the U.S. Navy to name a ship after a city in Westchester County.

Vets' Hopes Of Saving USS Saratoga Scuttled

By • May 27, 2014

Former Navy sailors and New Yorkers with an attachment to the USS Saratoga say they're saddened by the news that the mothballed aircraft carrier will be scrapped instead of converted into a floating museum.

The Navy announced earlier this month that the carrier would be sold to a Texas scrap company for a penny. The ship will be towed from its pier near Newport, Rhode Island to Texas, where it will be dismantled and sold for scrap.

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral David Titley

By • Apr 26, 2012

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral David Titley is in the Albany area today, meeting with government, business and scientific leaders to discuss the changing role of the Navy in security and commerce. WAMC’s Brian Shields spoke with Rear Admiral Titley, who says the visit is part of the Navy’s fifty cities in fifty days initiative.