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How mutiny aboard the USS Somers helped birth the U.S. Naval Academy
The grim incident is detailed in the new book, “Sailing the Graveyard Sea."
By Diana Stancy
Navy sailor charged in Capitol riot was stationed on aircraft carrier
The FBI says a man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol was stationed on a Navy aircraft carrier when he joined a mob’s attack on the building.
By Michael Kunzelman, AP
Navy says US cruiser ‘asserted navigational rights’ in South China Sea
China called the action illegal and said it mobilized naval and air assets to issue warnings and drive off the ship.
Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military
The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late Sen. John McCain hidden from view during a presidential visit.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Federal watchdog report chides Navy for submarine maintenance snafus
During a Thanksgiving conference call with Navy Times and the U.S. Naval Institute, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said that there “were no surprises in that report."
By Carl Prine
Money finally arrives to revamp Charlestown Navy Yard
The funds are earmarked for the Charlestown Navy Yard to address long-deferred maintenance at the complex, which dates to 1800 and is one of the Navy’s original yards.
Mattis: US relations with China not worsening despite bumps
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that he doesn’t see the U.S. relationship with China worsening after a series of setbacks that officials said include canceling the Pentagon chief’s planned visit to Beijing this month.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Feds indict three more in ongoing ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal
All three defendants are retired sailors.
By Carl Prine