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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump takes questions from journalists after announcing the US Navy's new Golden Fleet initiative at Mar-a-Lago ...