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USS Arkansas (SSN 800)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (July 2, 2025) — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Arkansas (SSN 800), has launched from HII Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. SSN 800 will be the 27th ship of its class, and the 13th delivered by NNS. (Photo by Ashley Cowan/HII)

USS Pierre (LCS 38)

MOBILE, Ala – The U.S. Navy successfully completed acceptance trials for the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama the week of June 9. These trials, marking the final Independence variant LCS acceptance trials, achieved the highest measured quality in 15 years. (Photo by Amanda Helfers)

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117)

(June 5, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), steams into formation alongside NATO ships during Baltic Operations 2025. BALTOPS 25 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Lagadi)

Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 25, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), right, and the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), center, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Harry S. Truman, the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), is underway in the Atlantic Ocean on a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mike Shen)

USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), launches a Standard Missile 3

ATLANTIC OCEAN – (May 20, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), launches a Standard Missile 3 to intercept a ballistic missile during At-Sea Demonstration (ASD) / Formidable Shield (FS) 2025. ASD/FS 25 is the largest at-sea live-fire exercise in the European theater, hosted by U.S. 6th Fleet and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye)

Landing Craft Air Cushion 34

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2025) A landing craft air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, approaches the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) to dock and unload equipment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Logan Goins)

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BATH, Maine (July 15, 2025) – U.S. Marine Corps Col. (Ret.) Harvey C. Barnum Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient, aboard the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) during Alpha Trials. The ship is named in honor of Barnum, who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo by Laura Lakeway)

Living Namesake Rides First Set of Sea Trials for DDG 124

By NAVSEA Public Affairs | July 21, 2025

In a rare moment of living history, ship namesake and Medal of Honor recipient, Col. Harvey “Barney” Barnum Jr. joined members of future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.’s (DDG 124) crew, the Navy programmatic team, and industry...

MOBILE, Ala - The future USS Pierre (LCS 38) conducts sea trials in Mobile, Alabama, June 2025. Pierre is the 19th and final ship marking the completion of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) construction phase. (Photo courtesy of Austal USA)

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Final Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, Pierre

By | July 11, 2025

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, July 11.Pierre is the 19th and final ship marking the completion of the Independence-variant...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (June 28, 2025) — HII (NYSE: HII) christened today the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The ship’s co-sponsors and daughters of the namesake, Madeleine Denton Doak and Mary Denton Lewis, performed the traditional bottle-breaking ceremony against the bow to formally christen the ship.

U.S Navy to Christen Future USS Jeremiah Denton

By | June 28, 2025

PASCAGOULA, Miss. —The U.S. Navy will christen the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, during a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Saturday, June 28, at 9:00 a.m. CDT.The...

Mobile, Alabama (May 19, 2025) – Members of the shipbuilding team, from Program Executive Office, Ships; Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast; Austal USA; and General Dynamics on board USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15), the Navy’s second Flight II Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, before the at sea portion of acceptance trials at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Point Loma

By Team Ships Public Affairs | June 24, 2025

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configuration, from Austal USA, June 24. The delivery of EPF 15...

MOBILE, Ala – The future USS Pierre (LCS 38) departed Austal USA shipyard to conduct Acceptance Trials in Mobile, Alabama, June 2025. Acceptance Trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy later this year.

Final Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials

By PEO USC Public Affairs | June 23, 2025

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy successfully completed acceptance trials for the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama the week of June 9. These trials, marking the final Independence variant LCS acceptance...