Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time. Attack submarines, for example, were once named for fish, then later for cities, and most recently (in ...

The naming of a naval ship might seem like a ceremonial afterthought, but in the U.S. Navy, it is a deliberate and meaningful process steeped in tradition, politics, and symbolism. Names convey ...

So, the Pentagon is thinking about renaming the Navy support ship Harriet Tubman before it even launches. Because, you know, diversity = bad. The Trump administration and its TV show host defense ...

Re “Hegseth orders name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from San Diego-built Navy ship” (June 3): The Navy will rename USNS Harvey Milk as part of the administration’s move to ...

This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...

President Donald Trump scrambled Navy ship-naming traditions last week with his announcement of a new “Trump-class” battleship, to be called the USS Defiant, featuring nuclear-tipped missiles and ...

Mayflower, Constitution, Titanic, Bismarck – these are all the names of legendary ships. History-changing ships. Ships that created legends and stories that were more than just their sails, ...