Ship's Log
The Ship's Bell: A Navy Tradition That Keeps Time
Every Navy ship carries a bronze bell marking the watch in bells, christening sailors' children with their names engraved inside, and ringing eight bells to mark a life's end.
USS America CV-66: The 1990-91 Desert Storm Deployment
USS America CV-66 and Carrier Air Wing One transited the Suez Canal into the Red Sea for Operation Desert Storm, flying strike missions alongside USS Saratoga during the January 1991 air campaign against Iraq.
Serving and Belonging: LGBTQ+ Sailors in the U.S. Navy
LGBTQ+ sailors have served in the U.S. Navy since its founding. Their story is one of service — through DADT and beyond. Pride Month 2026.
USS Saratoga CV-60: The 1991 Desert Storm Deployment
USS Saratoga CV-60 opened Desert Storm on January 17, 1991, when VFA-81 pilots scored the Navy's first F/A-18 air-to-air kills — the same night Lt. Cdr. Michael Scott Speicher became the war's first American casualty.
USS Enterprise CVAN-65: The 1971-72 Vietnam WESTPAC
USS Enterprise CVAN-65 flew Operation Linebacker strikes from Yankee Station during her fifth Vietnam deployment in 1971-72, helping blunt North Vietnam's Easter Offensive.
USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76: The Western Pacific's Carrier
USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76, commissioned in 2003, has served as America's forward-deployed carrier in Yokosuka since 2015 — and led relief efforts after Japan's 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.