Update: The John Basilone Memorial Parade scheduled Sunday in Raritan Borough has been canceled due to the weather forecast, event organizers announced Friday. The parade committee will meet in a few ...

A warship named in honor of a legendary Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient was delivered to the Navy this week. The USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has been transferred to a ...

The following is the June 18, 2022, christening ceremony of the guided missile destroyer John Basilone (DDG-122). “The ship’s namesake, Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, received the Medal of Honor for ...

Sergeant John Basilone and his unit were facing relentless fire from the Japanese forces during the Battle for Henderson ...

The US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, has been commissioned. DDG 122 became the 74th ship of her class and the second ship to bear the namesake of John ...

The ship has been in the works since 2016. General Dynamics subsidiary Bath Iron Works will be paid $8.5 million to continue work on the USS John Basilone, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile ...

BATH, Maine (WMTW) - The U.S. Navy has a new destroyer, courtesy of Bath Iron Works. Gov. Janet Mills and Sen. Susan Collins, who is a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, were on ...

Christening of the future USS John Basilone at Bath Iron Works in Maine. Courtesy of the shipbuilder The Navy on Saturday christened the second destroyer to be named after Marine Corps World War II ...