The ceremony for Lt. Stephen Hopkins took place Tuesday at the Chapel of Hope at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, according to a photo posted Wednesday on the 7th Fleet’s official Facebook page.

The Navy's recent disasters in the Pacific region have prompted scrutiny of what has long been considered one of the service's premier fleets.

As the Navy works to recover sailors’ bodies from flooded portions of the damaged USS John McCain in Singapore, a San Diego congressman is calling for a congressional investigation of the Navy’s string of deadly ship mishaps in the Pacific.

Federal prosecutors say a woman has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $100,000 from a U.S. Navy base in Japan.

A Michigan woman says her son, Ken Smith, is among the missing sailors after a collision between a warship and an oil tanker in Southeast Asia.

A top U.S. commander said the military’s ability to defend against any threats from North Korea won’t be affected by an operational pause by the Navy following a devastating collision that left 10 sailors missing.

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Navy and Marine Corps divers from the America and Yokosuka have been searching the guided-missile destroyer for the missing sailors using surface-supplied air rigs to access sealed compartments in damaged areas of the ship.

Most know Sen. John S. McCain III, the Vietnam War hero who ran for president in 2000 and 2008. But it was his father and grandfather — both naval commanders who served during World War II — who inspired the naming of the 505-foot guided-missile destroyer.

The waters where the latest incident took place — the Singapore Strait, a 10-mile-wide maritime gantlet brimming with ships moving between the Indian Ocean and South China Sea — demand heightened precaution.

The Chief of Naval Operations on Monday ordered a servicewide operational pause and a broad review of naval practices in the Pacific after the latest at-sea collision, this one between the American warship USS John S. McCain and a commercial vessel that injured five sailors and left 10 missing.

The U.S. military is planning for nearly a half-billion dollars in new construction at Guantanamo during the Trump administration, including a Navy request to build a $250 million, five-bed hospital that has been singled out for study by a Senate committee.

After 11 years and some big changes, the Coast Guard is diving in the Arctic again, with an assist from the Navy.

The USS Indianapolis sunk just past midnight on July 30, 1945. Now, 72 years later, it has been found at a depth of more than 18,000 feet, resting on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean.

Jesus Cantu, 59, a retired Navy captain and Stanford graduate, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to conspiracy to commit bribery. He is the 19th defendant to be convicted so far. Federal prosecutors have charged 10 others whose cases are pending.

Capt. Ian Johnson, a native of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, assumed command from Capt. Dennis Boyer in a ceremony Friday.

The Navy is facing a looming housing crunch in the San Diego region, where high home prices and rents are already a problem.

Commanding officers will have the ability to restore the E-4 rank of sailors who were demoted to E-3 for minor offenses under new guidelines that take effect in December, the Navy said.

An initial report into the USS Fitzgerald collision released by the Navy on Thursday details the terror sailors experienced in the moments after the collision along with the heroic efforts crew members undertook to save lives.

Strike Fighter Squadrons 115 and 195, along with Electronic Attack Squadron 141, will transfer from Naval Air Facility Atsugi to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni after the Reagan completes its fall patrol, the Navy announced Friday.

Adm. Bill Moran, the vice chief of Naval operations, said leadership aboard the guided-missile destroyer was at least partially at fault in the middle-of-the night collision that left seven sailors dead.

The Navy has posthumously promoted the seven USS Fitzgerald sailors who perished in a deadly June 17 collision with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan.

The USS Lewis B. Puller will replace the USS Ponce, which is scheduled to be decommissioned next year. The new vessel is the second ship named after Marine Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, a World War II and Korean War combat veteran.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with sailors serving on the submarine USS Kentucky last week, praising them for their sacrifices — and issuing an off-color compliment.

The Pacific Warfighters Symposium, held Monday and Tuesday at the joint base, came as tensions ratcheted up between the United States and North Korea, which had threatened to launch a missile near Guam, a U.S. territory.

Cmdr. Bobby Pitts of Virginia entered the plea Tuesday in San Diego. He's the 18th person to plead guilty in connection with a decade-long scam linked to a Singapore defense contractor known as "Fat Leonard" Francis.

The settlement resolves allegations that Huntington Ingalls charged labor costs to contracts for which work wasn't actually done, and charged the government as if supervisors had dived to work on ship hulls, or even for dives that never happened.

Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, the “SWO boss” who helms Naval Surface Forces, kicked off the Surface Warfare Summit on Tuesday at Naval Base Point Loma with a plea for his officers to get smarter and meaner as they train to fight a potential 21st-century sea battle.

The collision-damaged USS Fitzgerald will be transported via heavy lift ship to the United States this fall to undergo further repairs, the Navy said Tuesday.

An Iranian drone harassed a Navy aircraft carrier and its jets Sunday night, in the second dangerous interaction between the two nations in less than a week, a Navy spokesman said.

Navy Lt. Craig R. Becker, accused of pushing his drugged and sleeping wife out the window of their Belgian apartment building in 2015, says he is innocent and accuses the Navy’s Sixth Fleet of abandoning him to Belgian authorities.

An F/A-18 fighter jet that took off from the USS Nimitz suffered an engine problem and crash landed at Bahrain International Airport. The pilot ejected from the aircraft after it ran off the runway and escaped unharmed, authorities said.

The guided-missile submarines USS Ohio and USS Michigan are based at Naval Base Kitsap, but operate out of Guam, which North Korea this week threatened to ring with missiles.

The ship returned from its last deployment on Aug. 14, 2016. In February, sailors and workers began the largest work package for a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in a six-month period, requiring more than 2.8 million man-hours of work.

The two men worked for Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia. Prosecutors said the company and its CEO, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," bribed Navy officials with cash, prostitutes and gifts to obtain classified information.

The female midshipman voluntarily decided to not continue in a summer course that's required of officers who want to be selected for SEAL training. No other woman has started the long process required to become a Navy SEAL.

During a visit to Naval Station Norfolk, Secretary Richard V. Spencer also said, "Any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military.”

A ceremonial groundbreaking opening the way for site preparation of a $1.65 billion facility to handle spent fuel from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships has taken place in southeastern Idaho.

The U.S. Navy has found a jet that crashed off the Florida Keys, but the aircraft might be staying at the bottom of the ocean.

The week-long grounding was necessary for the delivery of replacement parts in the environmental control systems of Strike Fighter Squadron 37's 10 planes after two pilots reported "physiological episodes" on back-to-back days.

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A high school football player performing a drill used by the U.S. Navy SEALs for conditioning was killed Thursday when the log he and teammates were carrying fatally struck him in the head, police said.

Retired Chief Steward Andy Mills was one of the U.S. Navy's first black chiefs. Prior to a ceremony Thursday at the naval base in Coronado, California, Mills told reporters that he was overjoyed by the honor.

The USS John S. McCain sailed near a Chinese man-made island in the disputed South China Sea in a challenge to the country’s vast territorial claims in international waters.

Rear Adm. Brian Fort had been slated to step into position with a regular change-of-command ceremony in June, but it was canceled when he was notified to immediately report to Yokosuka, Japan to investigate the USS Fitzgerald crash.

The pilot, assigned to Fighter Squadron Composite 111, ejected about 20 nautical miles southeast of Naval Air Station Key West about 12:40 p.m. and was rescued by a Coast Guard crew a short time later.

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Xavier Alec Martin was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia Wednesday. The 24-year-old sailor died in June when the U.S. Navy destroyer he was on collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan.

The USS Ronald Reagan is back home at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, after a three-month deployment that included dual-carrier operations near the Korean Peninsula and a massive, monthlong exercise in Australia.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met Tuesday with Ngo Xuan Lich, Vietnam’s defense minister, to discuss further steps in their mutual defense relationship and regional security challenges. The two also agreed to expand naval cooperation and the sharing of information.

The Navy informed families Saturday that the USS Nimitz, which was involved in a second incident with Iran on Tuesday, will extend its stay in the Persian Gulf.

The city of Concord is on the hook for more than $7 million in loans to aid in the development of the Concord Naval Weapons Station property, and may have to pay millions more before the general fund is repaid.

A new device developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory exposes dogs to the mixed odors in an explosive, so what they’re exposed to during training better mimics a homemade bomb.

An Iranian drone flew within 100 feet of a U.S. Navy fighter jet Tuesday over the Persian Gulf, forcing the F/A-18E Super Hornet to change directions to avoid collision, the Navy said.

Two men were placed on 18 months of probation Monday after pleading no contest to accusations they killed a turtle and beat a Navy veteran in a case that sparked outrage. "This is their second chance. Their only second chance," the veteran said.

"For him to be not only ROTC but taking a full load of advance courses, I think that speaks volumes about what his future was going to look like,” said Doyle Vogler, Navy Lt. Steven D. Hopkins' former high school principal.

The Navy announced Monday it will begin shifting more than 1,000 senior enlisted sailors from certain shore billets to fill about 3,000 “gaps” in operations at sea.

A group of cat lovers at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base who joined forces with off-island supporters to try to tame the base’s feral cat population under the name Operation Git-Meow has had its charter revoked.

An Ohio-class submarine home ported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay has won the Omaha Trophy.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has increased a reward from $500 to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of those involved in a spate of bomb threats called in to Navy bases in Hampton Roads earlier this week.

Tokyo police staged an anti-terrorism drill at a U.S. government hotel Thursday in central Tokyo, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesman said.

One day after suspending its search for the missing sailor, the Navy has identified the USS Stethem crew member who was reported overboard from the guided-missile destroyer as Lt. Steven D. Hopkins.

When three swift attack boats recently showed up in an unlikely spot — Dana Point Harbor — speculation ran in two directions: The boats were from the Mexican Navy or from Department of Homeland security on an immigration mission.

The USS Barry, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, made a port call in the capital of Honiara, where its crew will participate in ceremonies, memorial services, community events and a parade.

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During a "jam night" event aboard the aircraft carrier, a group of sailors gathered to perform Holmes' song "Cell Block 68." The song title refers to the aircraft carrier's hull number, CVN 68, and implies that sailors sometimes feel like prisoners while they are deployed.

Unfounded bomb threats continue to plague Navy facilities in Virginia after several interrupted operations on Wednesday and a new threat was found Thursday morning.

A rusted, decades-old live Naval artillery shell was uncovered in a Newton salvage yard Wednesday, prompting a multi-agency response.

The Marine aviation veteran and businessman is the second of three service secretaries to be sworn into office since President Donald Trump's inauguration in January.

The Chinese navy has joined a joint U.S.-Japanese search for a missing American sailor who was reported overboard from a U.S. warship Tuesday in the South China Sea.

The command of the Navy base here — home to the 6th Fleet and headquarters of U.S. Naval Forces Europe — passed from one Navy pilot’s hands to another’s on Thursday.

Navy Cmdr. Steven Everhart was removed from duty last month amid allegations of misconduct. He has been charged with adultery and conduct unbecoming an officer, a Navy spokesman said Wednesday.

Navy officials said the threats Wednesday targeted Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in nearby Virginia Beach.

Lt. Cmdr. Jamie Struck didn't get much sleep the night before his historic landing on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

Quentin Gifford was killed at Pearl Harbor when the USS Oklahoma capsized after being struck by torpedoes Dec. 7, 1941. Gifford's remains were identified after recent DNA testing.

The U.S. Forest Service granted the Navy a five-year permit to place electromagnetic beam emitter trucks at 11 designated roadside sites. The training will help EA-18G crews from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station train to find, identify and jam enemy signals.

A member of the Navy was reported missing early Tuesday from an American warship in the South China Sea, launching a joint U.S.-Japanese effort to recover the sailor, the service said.

Friends and family laid Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Lohrey to rest Monday, remembering him as a patient and devout father, jovial compatriot and fierce warrior.

The former commanding officer of the USS Antietam was “ultimately responsible” for the cruiser running aground and spilling roughly 1,100 gallons of hydraulic fluid into Tokyo Bay in January, a Navy investigation concluded.

The USS Nimitz officially joined the fight against the Islamic State Monday when it launched its first round of strikes against targets from the Arabian Gulf.

Capt. Nicolas Dienna took over as commanding officer of the USS Harry S. Truman from Capt. Ryan B. Scholl during a ceremony Friday, the Navy said in a news release.

The second of five public hearings regarding the U.S. Navy’s potential environmental effects from training and testing activities conducted within the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area took place in Morehead City, N.C., recently.

For more than a decade, Malaysian tycoon Leonard Glenn Francis — a grifter known as “Fat Leonard” — bribed Navy officers with booze, prostitutes and luxury gifts to bilk at least $35 million from the U.S. government with inflated bills.

On Wednesday, a few hours after President Trump announced, via Twitter, that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military, Regan Kibby pulled out a T-shirt emblazoned with the word "Navy." Then he started to cry.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division got a new commander Friday.

Steve Heinrich leaned forward in his easy chair and stared into the distance as he told the story, his mind taking him back to places he never cared to revisit. But survivor's guilt can be a powerful thing, and he figured the moment had come to try to shed some of it.

A retired California teacher who nearly drowned earlier this month in the pool at a Navy base in Naples, Italy, has died, following a lengthy coma.

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The Navy is commissioning its newest guided-missile destroyer, the USS Rafael Peralta, during a ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.

Of the 5,000 or so men aboard the USS Forrestal on July 29, 1967, 134 died and 161 were injured when a bomb explosion triggered a massive fire on the aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War.

The U.S. and Japan trained together recently to improve the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s ability to protect Navy vessels.

A Maine brewer invited the Navy's premier precision flying team to a 5-day festival he hopes can save the historic planes at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

A thousand people at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum thundered with applause when Robert O’Neill, the retired Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden, took the stage to share his story on Wednesday, July 26.

A 96-year-old World War II veteran who dreamed of returning to a Navy installation to reminisce about his 20-year naval career is getting his wish.

Sailors could see their chances of deploying to the 7th Fleet increase after Navy officials gathered recently to address personnel gaps in the region.

A suit filed by the family of U.S. Navy sailor Jamie Scott Powell says city officials should have warned people, particularly motorcyclists and bicyclists, that the road on near Naval Base San Diego was riddled with dangerous potholes.

The Reeds, who wed in 2012 and have two children, met while both were stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Through careful coordination with their respective services, they managed to secure orders for both to be stationed at Yokosuka.

Work on the Truman included updates to internal and external communication networks, reactor repairs, renovations to 12 berthing spaces and 10 heads and the refurbishing of 90,000 square feet of its hangar bay and 7,000 feet of its flight deck.

In order to reach previously announced plans to grow its fleet level to 355 ships, the Navy is faced with several potential roadblocks involving the upgrade of older, unused ships and current shipyard workload capacities.

A Navy warship in the northern Persian Gulf fired warning shots near an Iranian military vessel Tuesday as the boat approached the U.S. patrol ship at a high rate of speed, defense officials said.