Diane Ducasek remembers being a toddler –– about 7, she wagers –– watching men using nothing but a push-cart, lengths of rope and long poles to help guide an aircraft carrier gently into dry dock. “It ...

Built in 1943, the Long Beach Naval Shipyard on Terminal Island was a World War II and Cold War fixture for decades, helping to earn Long Beach its reputation as a Navy town. Now closed, the shipyard ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Former employees of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard gathered together one last time. The historic shipyard closed in 1997. But its employees have organized annual reunion picnics ...

Huell visits historic Long Beach Naval Shipyard and gets a look at how it works. Huell visits historic Long Beach Naval Shipyard and gets a behind the scenes look at how it works, including a close ...

I’m a rubber-necker. Whenever I drive east over the Davies Bridge from Naples to Marina Drive, I lean over to the right so I can check out the boats being hauled out in the Long Beach Marina Shipyard.

Bert Grimm’s Tattoo Studio used to need 10 full-time artists to keep up with the legions of sailors waiting to go under the needle. There was the kid, fresh from boot camp, who wanted classic Navy ...