U.S. Navy

The return of salmon to the tidelands below Indian Island’s bluffs has been swift following the removal of a causeway. Bill Kalina, the island’s environmental program manager for the Navy, was taken aback by the jump in the number of juvenile salmon since the causeway was replaced with the bridge. Only six juvenile salmon were found in five years before the bridge opened. During two days in May, volunteers netted almost 1,000 juvenile salmon.

The Navy SEALs won’t be able to use Washington State Parks as training grounds. A judge on Friday ruled against an earlier decision to allow the training at up to 28 parks.

A metallurgist in Washington state was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison and a $50,000 fine Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

A metallurgist from Auburn pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

The U.S. Navy says a nuclear-powered submarine that struck an unknown underwater object in the South China Sea and was damaged has arrived in port at Guam. The Navy says the Bremerton-based USS Connecticut was conducting routine operations when the incident happened on Oct. 2.

If you spend any time in the Northwest, it isn’t long before you start hearing about “the big one.” That’s the giant 9.0 earthquake and tsunami predicted…

Russia and the United States have extended a nuclear arms treaty, just before it was set to expire. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START,…

How could an advanced combatant crash into a container ship in the middle of the ocean? Investigators begin to look for clues about what happened.

At least 15 "mishaps" have resulted in injuries or damage, the Navy says. The new policy bans the devices on ships, submarines, aircraft, boats, craft and heavy equipment.

The Pentagon says twice in four days a missile was fired from Yemen at the USS Mason, with no damage to the ship or its crew. An official says the U.S. has destroyed radar locations in response.