The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...

Navy veterans including Mike Holmes, who helped bring the battleship USS New Jersey back into service during the 1980s, returned to the ship on Thursday (October 9) to mark the Navy’s 250th birthday.

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

The Navy and Marine Corps' weeklong birthday party​ celebrations wrapped up with a big sendoff, including a fireworks show.

Some of the military's most advanced ships are docked in the Philadelphia region this weekend as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps celebrate 250 years of service. The USS Billings is among the ships now ...

In honor of the 250th birthday of the Navy and Marine Corps, a weeklong celebration is planned in Philadelphia and South ...

Mikie Sherrill, once comfortably ahead in the New Jersey governor’s race, has been getting plenty of attention over her stock ...

With Democrats tying him to President Donald Trump and seeking to nationalize the race, Ciattarelli’s bet is that ...

The public is invited to watch as four visiting Navy and Coast Guard vessels are set to depart for their home ports on Thursday.

A parade of ships streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia to kick off a celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ...

Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward Bowden, who was aboard the USS California on that infamous morning in December 1941 and ...

In 1862, during America’s Civil War, the U.S. Congress and Department of the Navy began naming combat ships after the ...