By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — The USS Massachusetts officially joined the Navy fleet on Saturday after a commissioning ceremony, making it the first submarine named after the Bay State. The newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, which can dive to depths…
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Hundreds of designers, clerks and technicians went on strike Monday in Maine at one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilding contractors. The Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association went on strike at General Dynamics Bath Iron…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) -- Dozens of sailors assigned to the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport now have a new rank, and were recognized on…
Over in Pascagoula, they held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of a Navy Exchange Micro Market. The market will provide 24/7 self-service access to food…
By Petty Officer 1st Class James Hong Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East outside New Orleans last week. The Seabees were…
The Secretary of the Navy announced Friday that a new ship will be named after former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus. The ship will be built at Ingalls…
WXXV 25's Jordyn Lassiter had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to tour a US Naval ship! The USNS Pathfinder, a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, serves as the lead vessel in its class. Its primary mission…
NMCB 1 announced Tuesday the death of a Seabee as a result of an accident while on deployment to Guam. The battalion said in a social media post that Machinery Repairman 1st Class Troy Marcotte died from injuries suffered in…
By DAVID SHARP The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard…
Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport will participate in force protection exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain beginning Monday. “Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain is an excellent opportunity for NCBC Gulfport to evaluate and assess existing and new force protection capabilities,” said Capt. Ana Franco,…
BY MARY CLARE JALONICK, TARA COPP AND LOLITA BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service…
Firefighters at Ingalls Shipbuilding battled a fire aboard a ship under construction on Thursday night. Ingalls officials said that during second shift on Thursday evening, Ingalls fire and safety teams responded to a call from LHA 8 Bougainville for a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels, the Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina…
Dr. John Hartsell, director of youth programs at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, has been named Senior Civilian of the Year. He stopped by WXXV to talk…
Chief Petty Officer Raymond J. BorderThe fitness center at the Seabee base in Gulfport will be named for a chief who died by an improvised explosive device while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. The Chief of Naval Operations has approved…
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro joined Ingalls Shipbuilding today for a shipyard tour. Along with Del Toro was U.S. Senators Roger Wicker…
The Navy has discharged its first sailors who refused the COVID-19 vaccine. The discharges came Tuesday, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of…
The Naval Construction Battalion Center’s Public Works Department and Environmental team currently are in the midst cleanup efforts due to a diesel fuel spill. A refrigerator truck parked by warehouses near the 28th Street fence line ruptured a fuel line…
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ron Piret will take over as the new commander of the Naval Meteorology Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center on Friday. Piret will be relieving Rear Admiral John A Okon in a 10 a.m. ceremony. U.S.…
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Navy says it will decommission a warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson caused extensive damage, making it too expensive to restore. Officials said Monday that fully repairing the…
Huntington Ingalls Industries has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase at its Newport News, Va.,…
FOLEY, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood. U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett and U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross were on a routine training…
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that six foremen from its Ingalls Shipbuilding division have been recognized for leading their crews to achieve accident-free safety records for more than five consecutive years. “The safety of our shipbuilders is our top priority,…
After nearly a decade of calling Pascagoula home, the USS Tripoli began its journey to its permanent port this morning. After seven years of building, the USS Tripoli finally departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding Friday morning for its home port of…