A campaign to raise awareness about the newest U.S. naval vessel to bear the name Arkansas got underway Friday in Little Rock.

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) are planning to visit Warner, New Hampshire to climb Mount Kearsarge, the ship’s namesake, and ...

It would be the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for Georgia's largest city. The first was a Confederate ironclad captured in 1863 and converted to Union service during the Civil War. The most recent ...