Six decades after his actions in Vietnam earned him the Medal of Honor, retired Marine Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. witnessed the Navy commission a destroyer in his name.

OSINT analysts spotted an additional weapon on the deck of the USS Carl M. Levin—possibly an anti-drone launcher of some sort—during a recent excursion near Hawaii.

The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) in spring 2026, adding the first operational Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to the fleet and marking a generational leap in the service’s radar and missile-defense technology.

The Navy welcomed its newest destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124) into the fleet Saturday during a ceremony in Norfolk, Va., which is among the last Flight IIA configurations of the Arleigh Burke-class.

The destroyers were beginning mine-clearing operations in the vital waterway, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.

The American military sent two destroyers through the strategic waterway in support of mine-clearing and ahead of a full blockade of Iran's ports.

A US Navy destroyer intercepted two oil tankers trying to leave Iran through the Strait of Hormuz , and ordered them to turn back on Tuesday. This comes a day after US President Donald Trump’s blockade came into effect, and ordered them to turn back, news agency Reuters reported, citing sources.

The Navy’s newest destroyer, USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., commissioned into service during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.

The Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Carl M. Levin has received an interesting new addition to its aft upper deck.

US Navy destroyers began clearing a “new passage” through the Strait of Hormuz Saturday –marking the first time American ships crossed the channel since the start of the war. The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy set off on the mission to establish an open route so that minesweepers could later clear sea mines laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,