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 ...

Last August the Navy announced that it's phasing out the classic, navy blue peacoat, a button-up woolen garment that has changed little for centuries, and will switch to a synthetic parka ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Members of the House Armed Services Committee responded by adding language to the defense spending bill requiring the Navy to explain the decision to substitute the raincoat for the peacoat ...