US Navy

Schools should take note from carrier outbreak, UB doctor says

By • May 11, 2020
Mass Comm. Specialist 1st Class Chris Liaghat / U.S. Navy photo

One University at Buffalo doctor is looking at how schools can learn lessons from a COVID-19 outbreak aboard a warship in the Pacific Ocean.


Navy Rear Admiral returns to birthplace to welcome 20 new sailors

By • Oct 16, 2019
Michael Mroziak, WBFO

A Buffalo native who now serves as Commandant of the Naval District in Washington, D.C. is in Western New York, where he will help welcome 20 new sailors into the Navy during his stay.

Man walks across the country to raise awareness for the plight of military veterans

By • Aug 8, 2019
Thomas O'Neil-White

Tommy Zurhellen has gone through five pairs of shoes, two walking sticks and two toenails to make it to Buffalo. With a little over 300 miles to go before he reaches his destination of Poughkeepsie, the journey is now mind over matter for the Gulf War veteran.

LCS-9 bids fond farewell to Buffalo

By • Dec 20, 2017
Marian Hetherly / WBFO News

After 17 days at Canalside, the new USS Little Rock LCS-9 has set sail for warmer waters. It left Buffalo's inner harbor Wednesday on its way to the combat ship's home base of Mayport, FL.

Great Lakes museum looking for WWII Navy pilots

By • Nov 3, 2016

The head of the National Museum of the Great Lakes is on a quest. He’s trying to locate Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World War II. It’s a little known chapter of the lake’s history.


USS Basilone, named for Buffalo native, will sail again

By Associated Press • Aug 17, 2016
Congressional Medal of Honor Society

A U.S. Navy destroyer will once again bear the name of a World War II Marine hero with connections to Buffalo.

New USS Little Rock to be commissioned in Buffalo

By Chris Caya • Apr 26, 2016
USS Little Rock Commissioning Committee

An historic event is in the works for the USS. Little Rock at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park.