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, ...

With a cost estimated at $2.5 billion, the U.S. Navy assigned General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works unit to add an eighth DDG 51 ...

The Navy has ordered an additional Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer from General Dynamics Bath Iron ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Carpenter, now 35, is a medically retired Marine and a University of South Carolina graduate. He received the United States' highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Marjah, ...