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PublishedAugust 25, 2023
Navy warship named for Maine’s capital to be commissioned in Eastport
Augusta officials will travel Down East to see the ship put into service in September.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2023
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a U.S. military service chief
Lisa Franchetti was chosen based on the broad scope of her experience at sea and ashore, including several high-level policy and administrative jobs that give her deep knowledge in budgeting and running the department.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
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PublishedJune 25, 2023
Bath Iron Works’ latest destroyer commissioned into service
The USS Carl M. Levin, Bath Iron Works' 38th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, will be homeported in Pearl Harbor.
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PublishedMay 17, 2023
Bath Iron Works lays keel for latest destroyer
The USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. is Bath Iron Works' first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
Navy warship to take Maine capital’s name to sea
The commander of a new combat ship nearing completion in Alabama hopes to bring the USS Augusta to Maine for its commissioning.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
L&A Veterans Council proposes adding Vietnam War-era patrol boat to park
The Vietnam War-era U.S. Navy craft, built in 1972, is similar to the boats featured in the epic war movie "Apocalypse Now."
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
Like his father, Dr. Richard King to serve as a Navy reserve medical officer with the Marine Corps
Dr. Richard King, a trauma surgeon at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, received a direct commission to serve as a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve in April. Next year, he'll begin drilling with the 4th Medical Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2022
Kittery shipyard’s impact last year soared to $1.3 billion
Southern Maine towns and cities benefited from large number of workers and their salaries.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
Senate appropriators want $4 billion for ships the Navy didn’t seek
The fiscal 2023 bill requires the Navy to spend that $4 billion to build all or part of a destroyer, 2 amphibious ships, a cargo vessel and several troop-ferrying hovercrafts.
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