NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – After returning in August from a 78-day humanitarian mission, the crew of the USNS Comfort was full of energy. Formerly an oil tanker before it was converted into a Mercy-class ...

Navy officials announced the USNS Cesar Chavez will retain its name despite concerns about a name change amid the renaming of other vessels. (MCS Jay M. Chu/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy announced in a ...

The USNS Comfort returned home to Norfolk on Sunday morning after providing medical care across six nations across the Caribbean and Latin America. White House responds to Trump-Putin documents being ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 8), the U.S. Navy's newest vessel, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on Wednesday. This ship is operated by Military Sealift Command — the ship's crew is ...

Military Sealift Command civilian mariners assigned to USNS Arctic (TAOE-8) working aboard the fast oiler on July 21, 2025. USNI News Photo ABOARD FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIP USNS ARCTIC (TAOE-8) — For ...

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — The Norfolk-based hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, its fourth of six stops on "Continuing Promise 2025", a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson, after he ordered the Navy to strike the name of the pioneering gay ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The U.S. Naval Institute News, or USNI News, reports the newly renamed USNS Harvey Milk, is in Mobile undergoing a maintenance availability. In a story published on the USNI News ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received the Medal of Honor, stripping the ship of the name of a ...