US Navy

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 • 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.