Right now, the Navy’s iconic peacoat is manufactured by a handful of textile companies in the Northeast, one of which, Sterlingwear of Boston, in Massachusetts, was awarded $48 million dollars ...

The statue “A Lone Sailor” by Stanley Bleifeld wearing the iconic US Navy peacoat. Congress is questioning the Navy’s decision to phase out the peacoat – its best-known piece of outerwear ...

"As a peacoat, it's not quite the Navy pattern. It's actually civilian. But it's still very much intrinsically tied to one of the most important aspects of the Navy submarine history." On the ...

In response, members of the House Armed Services Committee added language to the defense spending bill requiring the Navy to explain the decision to substitute the raincoat for the peacoat ...