For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

The former U.S.S. John F. Kennedy is leaving the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Thursday. It is headed to Texas to be dismantled. The historic ship called Philadelphia home after 18 deployments for the ...

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 ...

Kennedy, has begun its journey as it heads south from the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the scrapyard. Towboats began towing the vessel down the Delaware River around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday to begin ...

The commissioning of three major combatants into the Indian Navy will boost its efforts to increase fleet size and capabilities amidst rapid buildup by the PLAN and modernization by Pakistan Navy.

CHARLESTOWN - An arrest has been made after a man was found shot and killed in the parking lot of a Charlestown convenience store Saturday night. Boston Police said they responded to a call ...

Visit her at Boston’s Charlestown Navy Yard and take a tour on board. A separate museum, the USS Constitution Museum, sits opposite the ship and offers family-friendly and hands-on exhibits ...

BOSTON — A man who was fatally shot in Charlestown Saturday night has been identified, Boston police say. Around 10:33 p.m.., police and EMS were dispatched to 140 Main Street to reports of a person ...

Edinburghcitymom/Shutterstock ; GRANGER - Historical Picture Archive/Alamy ; Lordprice Collection/Alamy There's a certain romance about life on the ocean, and so much ...

THE success of our navy in the war now happily concluded is only what we had reason to expect, considering the difference between the resources of the two countries and the qualities of the men ...

Police arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting of a man found dead outside a 7-Eleven in Charlestown on Saturday ... within 500 feet of a building, records show. Menezes was ordered ...

CHARLESTOWN – Mayor Treva Hodges issued an executive order Sunday declaring a State of Emergency for Charlestown. The order is in effect until the expiration of the Winter Storm Warning at 7 p.m ...