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The Postal Service and several other private shippers reported that holiday season deliveries went smoothly, for the most part.

The future USS Carl M. Levin was christened Saturday by the Michigan senator's daughters, who simultaneously smashed bottles of sparkling wine against the warship's bow at Bath Iron Works.

More than 4,000 workers went on strike against one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilders on June 22.

The largest union at U.S. Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works begins voting Friday on a contract proposal that was unanimously rejected by its negotiating committee, raising the possibility of the first strike in 20 years.

Only 13 of the 62 crew members survived; they were plucked from the water by a nearby Navy destroyer.

This guided-missile destroyer's motto — "Go For Broke" — pays homage to the mostly Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

LBJ's daughters did the honor during a Saturday ceremony.

Thanks to congressional intervention, military recruits are going be outfitted in Made-in-the-USA goods right down to their sneakers used for physical fitness training.

The Republican senator from Maine remembers a colleague who was devoted to the nation's defense.

The Zumwalt and Monsoor are the first and second in a class of three of the stealthy destroyers.

The delicate operation involved lifting and maneuvering the 15-ton Rolls-Royce marine turbine out of the ship.

The leader of Bath Iron Works aims to collaborate more with workers as the shipbuilder competes for an entirely new class of smaller warships.

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