The result was a song that’s every bit as popular today as the year it was born. For 110 years, “Anchors Aweigh” has been a U.S. Navy staple. It was Miles who would write the lyrics to the ...

Navy's locker room broke out into an enthusiastic singing of "Anchors Aweigh" following the win—specifically singing the century-old fight song's verse about sinking the hated Black Knights.

“Anchors Aweigh” is not only an order to drop the anchor but is known as the fight song of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Navy’s unofficial march song.

The Naval Academy’s “Anchors Aweigh” is everything you would expect from a federal service academy’s fight song. Patriotic and spirited, the 1906 product is a classic in all the right ways.

1794: Congress authorizes the establishment of the United States Navy. Although the fledgling ... questioning why the country had gone off to fight in what was essentially a European war.

"Well, it's not actually a ship," said Greg Trapp, historian for the New Mexico Council of the Navy League of the United States, a nonprofit, civilian educational and advocacy organization.