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U.S. Navy

Published
July 21, 2023

Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a U.S. military service chief

Lisa Franchetti was chosen based on the broad scope of her experience at sea and ashore, including several high-level policy and administrative jobs that give her deep knowledge in budgeting and running the department.
Published
July 17, 2023

‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later

Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
Published
June 25, 2023

Bath Iron Works’ latest destroyer commissioned into service

The USS Carl M. Levin, Bath Iron Works' 38th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be homeported in Pearl Harbor.
Published
May 17, 2023

Bath Iron Works lays keel for latest destroyer

The USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. is Bath Iron Works' first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Published
February 5, 2023

Navy warship to take Maine capital’s name to sea

The commander of a new combat ship nearing completion in Alabama hopes to bring the USS Augusta to Maine for its commissioning.

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Published
January 1, 2023

Like his father, Dr. Richard King to serve as a Navy reserve medical officer with the Marine Corps

Dr. Richard King, a trauma surgeon at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, received a direct commission to serve as a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve in April. Next year, he'll begin drilling with the 4th Medical Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Published
September 27, 2022

Hawaii fines U.S. Navy for unauthorized sewage release

The Hawaii Department of Health said it recorded 766 counts of the Navy discharging pollutants in excess of limits established by a permit.
Published
September 9, 2022

Kittery shipyard’s impact last year soared to $1.3 billion

Southern Maine towns and cities benefited from large number of workers and their salaries.
Published
August 4, 2022

Senate appropriators want $4 billion for ships the Navy didn’t seek

The fiscal 2023 bill requires the Navy to spend that $4 billion to build all or part of a destroyer, 2 amphibious ships, a cargo vessel and several troop-ferrying hovercrafts.
Published
July 25, 2022

BIW wins contract to help design next-gen destroyer

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works a contract to help design its next generation of destroyers, the shipyard announced in a press release Friday afternoon.