The US sank a decommissioned ship in the Pacific using a low-cost bomb from a B-2 stealth bomber. The USS Tarawa, a 39,000-ton amphibious assault ship, was sunk on July 19. China criticized the ...

Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, a Hawaiian island, during live-fire sinking exercises, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet ...

HONOLULU — A woman born aboard the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa 31 years ago is returning to visit the vessel in Pearl Harbor next week. Grace Tarawa Tran’s pregnant mother was one of 442 ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A very specialized part of the world’s largest naval drills off the northern Hawaiian island of Kauai is gaining attention on both sides of the Pacific. Earlier this month, ...

This summer’s Rim of the Pacific will include the maritime exercise’s largest-ever humanitarian aid and disaster relief drills and the sinking of a decommissioned U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship.

Hundreds of current and former crew members, 10 previous commanding officers, and their family members crowded onto the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) to bid farewell ...

SAN DIEGO – The USS Tarawa Veterans Association is looking formates (CV-40 and LHA-1) for its 18th annual reunion April 12through 15 in Dayton, Ohio. Contact Frank Grosey, 976 Holly St.Bull Head City, ...

After 31 years a South Vietnamese refugee was reunited yesterday with the Navy corpsman who attended her birth aboard a U.S. warship. The two met again in a tearful reunion on the flight deck of the ...

HOUMA — Veterans who served on either of the two boats named USS Tarawa are invited to a reunion this year. The two ships were named for Tarawa Atoll, site of a Marine landing during World War II in ...

America is getting ready to celebrate its 250th birthday, and each day leading up to it, we're featuring a piece of South ...