From 1904 to 1909 he served as naval constructor and manager of the navy yaru at Mare Island, Cal., during which time this yard was brought up from a low standard to a very high state of ...

According to the Naval History and Heritage Command, which still owns the gun artifact, the USS Ward (DD-139), a Wickes-class destroyer, was quickly built at Mare Island Navy Yard in California ...

You will learn all this and much more through the Battleships to Beer podcast, a ten episode-podcast launched by Mare Island ...

Mare Island in Vallejo was once one of the largest Navy sites in the world — more than 100,000 people built and repaired ships there in the 1940s. Six destroyers from the 36th Division docked in Dry ...

Almost 15 years after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City, the Brooklyn Navy Yard hasn’t totally recovered. But millions of federal dollars, secured this year by local congress members, are ...

The former Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo is one of several former military sites that’s still in some stage of transition. Opened back in 1854, it was one of the most active navy yards in the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia fire units were called to the Navy Yard along the Delaware River after a boat sank. The call came in around 8 a.m. on Monday in South Philadelphia. Chopper 6 ...

Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission held a public meeting in Vallejo on Tuesday night to discuss the State Route 37 Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement Project and changes ...

WASHINGTON — If you live or work in Navy Yard, you may hear gunshots Thursday. But don’t be alarmed — it’s in honor of former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Washington Navy Yard is ...

The USS John F. Kennedy will depart the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia on Thursday en route to Texas, where the decommissioned aircraft carrier will be scrapped, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems ...

The retired Navy carrier is set to depart from South Philadelphia's Navy Yard around 9 a.m., and will travel to Brownsville, Texas where it'll be taken apart. The USS JFK's departure was ...