Search

Byline: Karen Florin Dec. 7Navy sailor Randall J. Tilton faces up to 210 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to what investigators [...]

Nov. 23PORTLAND, Maine High winds are impacting the search for four Maine fishermen whose boat went missing early Monday morning about 20 miles northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Maine Public reports [...]

Byline: Matt Markey Nov. 22SOUTH BASS ISLAND Growing up in a world surrounded by water, Meredith Engel developed a deep affinity for boats, ships, the ferry line that serves the [...]

Byline: Nick Sambides Jr. Oct. 23The U.S. Coast Guard towed a disabled fishing boat to safety on Thursday after the boat broke down some 65 nautical miles off the coast [...]

Byline: Taylor Cooper Oct. 08-- Oct. 8--During a series of recent appointments, Gov. Brian Kemp placed local sea services advocate and political candidate Sheila McNeill on the Georgia Joint Defense [...]

Byline: Julia Bergman Sept. 28-- Sep. 28--For the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Kimball, life at sea had become monotonous. On patrol in the western Pacific Ocean looking for [...]

Byline: Julia Bergman Sept. 16-- Sep. 16--When 18 crew members on the Coast Guard cutter Munro were sidelined by the coronavirus just before the ship was due to leave on [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Aug. 31-- Aug. 31--NEW LONDON -- A live-streamed 9/11 memorial service will mark the start of this year's Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival, which will feature 'live family-friendly [...]

Byline: Kimberly Drelich July 31-- Jul. 31--GROTON -- Standing at a podium in the SUBASE Youth Center, Naval Submarine Base Commanding Officer Capt. Todd Moore shared a message about the [...]

Byline: Nick Gibson July 23-- Jul. 23--At the Port of Vancouver, workers load and unload cargo, trucks cycle in and out, and cargo ships bound for Southeast Asia sit idly [...]

Byline: Greg Smith July 22-- Jul. 22--In a decision that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called 'a major victory for Connecticut's maritime economy,' the U.S. District Court in New York [...]

Byline: Sarah Gordon June 16-- Jun. 16--The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) passes the Cross Sound Ferry John H as it moves through the Thames River en [...]

Byline: Taylor Cooper May 28-- May 28--The sentencing of seven anti-nuclear activists found guilty of breaking into and vandalizing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay has been moved to June. Granting [...]

May 23-- May 23--It's been 75 years since the USS Eagle PE-56, a Navy patrol vessel, was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Cape Elizabeth. A total [...]

Byline: Taylor Hartz May 13-- May 13--NEW LONDON -- The Coast Guard rescued two people on an adrift sailboat on Long Island Sound off of New London on Tuesday afternoon, [...]

Byline: Taylor Hartz May 12-- May 12--NEW LONDON -- The Coast Guard rescued two people on an adrift sailboat on Long Island Sound off of New London on Tuesday afternoon, [...]

Byline: Dana Jensen May 01-- May 1--GROTON -- The USS North Dakota is home. Tugboat John P. Wronowski traveled alongside the Virginia-class attack submarine in the fog and rain Thursday [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson April 28-- Apr. 28--It's likely sailors are going to appear a little on the scruffy side in coming weeks thanks to precautions taken to prevent the spread [...]

Byline: Kevin Thomas April 28-- Apr. 28--Editor's note: The Virus Diaries is a series in which Mainers talk about how they are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Janette Sweem of [...]

Byline: Ed Condran April 09-- Apr. 9--If you're bored, perhaps it's time to play board games. Turn the clock back to 1989, and indulge in a marathon of fun in [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella April 02-- Apr. 2--U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, led a bipartisan effort to advocate for the health and safety of deployed American sailors and Marines on [...]

Byline: Sarah Gordon Feb. 26-- Feb. 26--GROTON -- The USS Montpelier (SSN-765) passes the Cross Sound Ferry John H. as it is escorted through the mouth of the Thames River [...]

Byline: Julia Bergman Feb. 25-- Feb. 25--GROTON -- U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District and U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took advantage of a visit by [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Feb. 22-- Feb. 22--The cost to build the next generation of ballistic missile submarines is forcing the Navy to make tough decisions about what other projects to [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Feb. 19-- Feb. 19--Today's veteran: Pete Gardner, 57 Born: Rockport, Maine Residence: St. Marys Service: Navy, 22 years Duties: Nuclear engineer Rank: Chief petty officer Recognitions: Global [...]

Byline: Sten Spinella Feb. 17-- Feb. 17--NEW LONDON -- Raymond 'Bill' Vogel, a prominent city Republican, died Saturday. He was 79. Vogel, a former U.S. Navy submarine commander, ran for [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Jan. 28-- Jan. 28--An annual anti-terrorism force protection exercise will be conducted Feb. 3-14 at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain is conducted at [...]

Byline: Julia Bergman Jan. 27-- Jan. 27--GROTON -- For 65 years, Gov. Ned Lamont's father kept a photograph of his older brother next to his bed. Last week, the governor [...]

Byline: Karen Florin Jan. 23-- Jan. 23--37 37 0 0 sub 2 Get the weekly rundown Sign up to receive our weekly Legal Insider newsletter Email* Submit The U.S. Attorney's [...]

Byline: Joe Wojtas Jan. 21-- Jan. 21--STONINGTON -- Town Engineer Scot Deledda, who was instrumental in restoring the federal flood insurance discount for homeowners, has resigned to take a job [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Jan. 15-- Jan. 15--Todays veteran: Arnie Mount, 68 Born: St. Petersburg, Fla. Residence: St. Marys Service: Navy, 25 years Duties: Communications officer Rank: Lieutenant commander Recognitions: Vietnam [...]

Byline: Greg Smith Dec. 31-- Dec. 31--Anticipating a conflict with the construction of a floating dry dock at Electric Boat's facility in Groton, the Navy is planning to relocate an [...]

Byline: Julia Bergman Dec. 10-- Dec. 10--GRISWOLD -- After a fire destroyed the home of a Navy diver and his family last week, his friends and coworkers in southeastern Connecticut [...]

Byline: Wes Wolfe Nov. 27-- Nov. 27--The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia filed a response Nov. 20 in which prosecutors defended the conviction of the seven [...]

Byline: Wes Wolfe Nov. 13-- Nov. 13--The Kings Bay Plowshares defendants and their attorneys regularly took issue with the number of their charges during the length of their case in [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Nov. 06-- Nov. 6--The Naval Submarine League has named Sheila McNeill, of Brunswick, as the 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Award. The annual award recognizes individuals [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Oct. 26-- Oct. 26--ST. MARYS -- An annual ceremony honoring World War II submarine veterans was created 31 years ago at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay to [...]

Byline: Wes Wolfe Oct. 25-- Oct. 25--There were reams of motions, well-researched arguments, hours of testimony and a fair amount of debate about truth, facts and word definitions. But the [...]

Byline: Wes Wolfe Oct. 23-- Oct. 23--It's the question that hangs over the trial of the seven anti-nuclear activists -- how exactly are they going to argue their way out [...]

Oct. 14-- Oct. 14--When it comes to government spending, a project that costs $840 million is likely to draw a cringe or two at its projected price tag. It's understandable, [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Oct. 11-- Oct. 11--The first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine won't arrive to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay until 2028, but the preparations for the arrival are already [...]

Byline: Tom Davidson Oct. 11-- Oct. 11--Hunks of steel weighing 190,000 pounds each are heated until they glow at 2300 degrees, and then slowly pounded into the rough shape of [...]

Byline: Sarah Gordon Sept. 13-- Sep. 13--GROTON -- The crew members of the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) were reunited Thursday, when the sub returned [...]

Byline: Gordon Jackson Sept. 12-- Sep. 12--Memories still remain vivid for those who are old enough to recall the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. [...]

Byline: Joseph A. Gambardello Sept. 12-- Sep. 12--The NS Savannah, the nation's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, is in Philadelphia for dry docking, not far from where it was built in [...]

Byline: Eric Russell Sept. 11-- Sep. 11--The wreckage lay hidden, only a few miles offshore but 200 feet down, for more than 70 years. The USS Eagle PE-56 sank on [...]

Byline: Eric Russell Sept. 11-- Sep. 11--The wreckage lay hidden, only a few miles offshore but 200 feet down, for more than 70 years. The USS Eagle PE-56 sank on [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Sept. 10-- Sep. 10--NEW LONDON -- A 388-foot Navy ship that's been at the Naval Submarine Base since Friday will move to Fort Trumbull State Park this [...]

Byline: Brian Hallenbeck Sept. 09-- Sep. 9--NEW LONDON -- Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival organizers were hoping Monday to secure another Navy ship's participation after the Navy reassigned the 567-foot guided-missile [...]

Byline: Eric Fleischauer Sept. 08-- Sep. 8--Fresh off the visit of the LST 325 landing ship to Ingalls Harbor last week, a Decatur lawmaker said he's exploring whether the city [...]