The announcement was made by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro during the annual Surface Navy Association symposium, where he ...

When the Navy awards one of its toughest, most capable ships the name of a living Medal of Honor recipient, it says something profound about faith in patriotism and in perseverance. The DDG‑148, now ...

Marine veteran Kyle Carpenter, a Medal of Honor recipient, will have a guided missile destroyer named in his honor.

In 2010, Cpl. Carpenter went above and beyond the call of duty to shield a fellow Marine from a grenade blast in Afghanistan, ...

Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter launched himself in front of a live grenade to save a fellow Marine. Now the Navy is naming a ship after him.

Bath Iron Works has won the contract to build another destroyer for the Navy. The new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, ...

Collins said the contract will not only strengthen national security but also help preserve good-paying Maine jobs and ensure ...

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said July 31 that the Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works (BIW) the contract to build the next DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class ...

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan posted Monday on X that the branch’s next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer would be named the USS Kyle Carpenter.

BATH, Maine (WABI) - Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract to build a new navy destroyer. BIW will build the DDG-148 ...

Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract to build a new U.S. Navy destroyer that will be named after the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.

Carpenter, now 35, is a medically retired Marine and a University of South Carolina graduate. He received the United States' ...