Besides the “officerlike” sword, the Class of 1927 presented Annapolis with a window for the chapel entitled “The Commission Invisible,” symbolizing the Navy’s unspoken obligations.

Some Navy traditions are formal, polished bright with age, such as the two lines of saluting senior officers on the USS Gerald R. Ford who bid farewell to Capt. J.J. Cummings after he handed over c… ...

Priceless Navy Dress Sword Used to Cut Wedding Cakes for 4 Generations Lost in Shipping Ahead of Next Nuptials By Drew Wilder, News4 Northern Virginia Reporter • Published May 1, 2019 ...

The sword, with its silver hilt depicting Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, and a gold scabbard with an inscription praising Worden's "gallantry and skill," was stolen from the academy in 1931.

The Battle of Bladensburg was a humiliating defeat for the U.S. in 1814, but 200 years later the sword of naval Commodore Joshua Barney has made its way back into American hands at the National ...

Some Navy traditions are formal, polished bright with age, such as the two lines of saluting senior officers on the USS Gerald R. Ford who bid farewell to Capt. J.J. Cummings after he handed over c… ...