The guided-missile destroyer Gridley, homeported at Naval Station Everett, was leaving the pier at Naval Magazine Indian Island Thursday morning when the oil spill occurred,
As a youngster, Matt Noland explored the USS Kidd Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge — and the World War II-era ship in his hometown played a part in his decision to follow a career in the Navy.
By Ellyn Couvillion, The (Baton Rouge, La.) Advocate via the AP