US Navy landing craft awaits orders to make its run to the beach.

The USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) is shown early in 2008 making a turn during speed trials. The first of the Legend Class 418 foot long National Security Cutters is due to be commissioned in Alameda, California this weekend.

'I never can understand how anyone can not smoke-it deprives a man of the best part of life...with a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him-literally.' (Thomas Mann, 1875-1955)// Two sailors on board the USS Olymp

'Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.' (Peter Drucker, 1909-2005).// The bridge of the USS Newark, most likely between 1891-93, presents a very workmanlike and professional scene. With the exception of the sin

The U.S. Navy carrier USS Constellation (CV-64).

USS Constitution Ships Wheel

From Proceedings August 2022. U.S. Coast Guard cutters USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) and coastal patrol ship USS Thunderbolt (PC 12) sail in the Arabian Gulf, June 26. U.S. naval forces regularly operate across the Middle East region to help ensure security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roland A. Franklin)

USS Makin (LHD-8) and USS Nimitz (CVN-68) underway in the South China Sea in February 2023.

The Virgina-class submarine New Jersey (SSN-796) under construction in 2022.

USS New Jersey (SSN-796) is rolled out for launch in April 2022.

View of an O-class submarine on the surface, taken in 1919.

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Asahi steam in formation in waters east of the Korean Peninsula.

USS Jack H. Lucas DDG-125 in drydock, 2023.

U.S. Navy destroyers and aircraft carrier underway in formation.