Naval Station Mayport’s fleet is gaining two littoral combat ships following the commissioning of some of the final vessels built for that multipurpose fighting role. The USS Beloit entered Navy ...

Two Mayport-based destroyers worked with other U.S. Navy warships to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles headed toward Israel in the aftermath of intensified conflict between the Middle East states, ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Cavell, a 2013 graduate of West Ouachita High School, has returned to Mayport, Florida, ...

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Toby Chadwick, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, after a four-month deployment serving aboard the ...

The USS St. Louis returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., after completing a surge deployment supporting southern border ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — After losing four littoral combat ships last year, Mayport’s fleet of Naval warships is about to grow by two vessels. The USS Nantucket completed its two-month-long journey from ...

She is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship. She is the commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket. The naming of the ship honors the rich heritage of the people of Nantucket and the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Naval Station Mayport welcomed a new ship for the second time in as many days on Monday. The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship is the fourth to carry the Nantucket name and was ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It has now been 38 years since 37 sailors were killed in an attack on the Mayport-based USS Stark in 1987. The US Navy says the ship was on patrol in the Arabian Gulf when it was ...

Two Mayport-based destroyers, the USS Thomas Hudner and USS The Sullivans, were among ships used to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at Israel. The interception occurred amidst escalated ...