When the Tall Ships unfurl their sails on Saturday for their Boston visit, there's one ship that will greet all the others. It's a Navy landing ship with a crew of about 400.

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...

The festival’s main event, the Grand Parade of Sail, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Tall ships will return to Boston Harbor in 2026, ... Sailors man the bowsprit on the Chilean Navy tall ship Esmerelda during Sail Boston's Parade of Sail, June 17, 2017, in Boston.

Thousands of people will descend on Boston this weekend for the 4th of July with preps and celebrations already beginning in ...

USS Constitution goes underway in Boston Harbor in celebration of Independence Day on July 4, 2024. USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. (Austin Jean/U.S. Navy) ...

The Navy is currently trying to figure out how to recover a patrol boat after it sank in the waters of the Puget Sound on Thursday, Jan. 19. A harbor security boat was traversing the perimeter of ...

Ship of State, originally launched on Oct. 21, 1797. The ship set sail at 10 a.m., passing by the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island and the Charlestown Navy Yard.

USS Constitution in the Boston Harbor in August 2019. US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey Scoular/Released 2024-06-22T11:47:01Z ...

The Navy is allowing some members of the public to sail aboard the ship for Independence Day. A lottery selected 150 people to join the Constitution’s crew for its journey around the harbor.

The ship spent decades in Boston Harbor as a floating barracks, being periodically decommissioned and recommissioned. In the 1920s, the ship was once again restored to seaworthy condition.

The newly minted littoral combat ship was built in Marinette, Wisconsin, and is on its way to the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston to be commissioned on Nov. 16, before heading off to its home port ...