US Navy destroyers and destroyer-escorts lay a smoke screen during the Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944.US Navy Recent expeditions have found the wrecks of US Navy ships USS Johnston and USS Samuel ...

Researchers have confirmed the discovery of USS Johnston, found 21,180 feet beneath the Philippine Sea. Johnston was sunk during the most pivotal moment in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the most ...

The USS Leyte Gulf is headed south. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser deployed Sunday from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to the 4th Fleet area of operations, which includes the Caribbean and ...

USS Leyte Gulf returned home after its last deployment, concluding nearly four decades of service. The guided-missile cruiser patrolled the South Atlantic to counter drug trafficking in the region.

With the benefit of hindsight, the Allies may have seemed well on their way to victory by the latter half of 1944. In truth, there were still at least two big battles left to fight. In Europe, the ...

Guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later this year. The cruiser departed Jan. 28 from its ...

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy sailor died aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf Thursday, Aug. 18, while the ship was at sea. The Navy identified the sailor as Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class ...

NORFOLK, Va. — USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday, embarking on an independent deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, according to a release from the U.S.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday. After departing Norfolk in January of 2024 for their final deployment, the guided-missile cruiser returned ...

The Navy will commission its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Portland (LPD 27), during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, April 21, at the Port of Portland, Marine Terminal 2 in ...

A 26-year-old sailor aboard the USS Leyte Gulf died at sea one week after he deployed from Naval Station Norfolk as part of the USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group. Nicholas Woods, a sonar technician, ...