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

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

BATH, Maine — Bath Iron Works has secured a new contract from the U.S. Navy to build the next DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to a Thursday announcement from Maine Republican Sen.

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' ...