The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier will remain in the fleet 10 months longer than expected, according to a Friday contract announcement from the service. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is now scheduled for ...

USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship combat before ushering in the age of guided missiles.

On Thursday, a non-combat-related fire broke out on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the US Navy’s newest nuclear-powered ...

Destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) recently departed San Diego to replace USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), the sea service’s last ...

The warships have used SM-3s to down Iranian missiles in Turkish airspace three times since February 28, a defense official said.

The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by trends including confrontations between the China Coast Guard and claimant states.

A U.S. Navy ship named for Connecticut Medal of Honor recipient Harvey C. Barnum Jr is to be commissioned in April.

Medal of Honor recipient Harvey C. “Barney” Barnum Jr. is one of the few people who has lived to see the process of a Navy ship being named for them.

Harvey Barnum delivers remarks during a ceremony to name a ship in his honor, July 28, 2016. (Sgt. James K. McCann) Next ...

On March 25, however, the Navy was reminded that one didn’t need a war to be imperiled by the sea, as F-4 sank with Lt.

The US and Israel launched a joint strike against Iran on February 28. Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation.