BOSTON (WSAW) - The United States Navy has announced that Medford native, Commander Crystal Schaefer, will be the USS Constitution’s 78th commanding officer and will take command of ‘Old Ironsides’ ...

CHARLESTOWN - An elaborate ceremony marked the commissioning of the USS Nantucket in Charlestown on Saturday. The ship is now certified to join the naval fleet and serve in active duty. She sat beside ...

The United States has the most advanced and technologically capable armaments in the world, and its Navy has the biggest, strongest, and most fearsome ships on the sea. Yet, there was a time that the ...

The historic USS Constitution took another sail around the Boston Harbor in honor of the ship’s 227th birthday Monday. The USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned naval warship afloat in the world ...

ABOARD FRIGATE USS CONSTITUTION – The oldest warship afloat looked skeletal moored in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston with no sails. A ship without sails is common for the modern Navy, but for ...