Navy commander of USS John S. McCain relieved of duty due to loss of confidence.

The commander of a destroyer helping protect the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East was relieved of duty about months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward.

The image brought the Navy considerable ridicule on social media. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, was removed on Friday.

The commander of a destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt during a tense deployment in the Middle East has been relieved of duty. The Navy ...

Among the ships visiting Portland during Fleet Week, one in particular is catching attention because of its name: the USS John S. McCain.

The White House wanted the USS John S. McCain "out of sight" from the president during Donald Trump's visit to a naval base in Japan in 2019, emails said.

The Trump White House did, in fact, order the navy to make sure that the USS McCain was out of sight during the president’s visit in May 2019.

The Wall Street Journal reported in May 2019 that the military had worked to obscure the USS John S. McCain ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to a neighboring ship in Japan. It was a ...

The USS John S. McCain is now docked at its new homeport, Naval Station Everett. The guided missile destroyer had been stationed in Tokyo Bay for 24 years.

EVERETT, Wash. — The USS John S. McCain has docked at its new homeport at Naval Station Everett. The ship arrived Friday. The ship and its crew had previously been deployed in Yokosuka, Japan ...

The USS John S. McCain is heading to its new homeport in Washington state after having spent nearly a quarter century operating out of Japan.

The USS John S. McCain on Friday headed to its new homeport in Naval Station Everett, Wash., after 24 years in Yokosuka, Japan, the Navy said.