What does a modern navy call its heavyweight when the old battleship is long gone? The U.S. Navy’s answer is not a revival of Iowa-class steel, but a destroyer that concentrates sensing, power ...

Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 years.

Iran’s arsenal of some 5,000 mines could further complicate efforts to restart shipping in the Persian Gulf.

The fire occurred Thursday in the aircraft carrier's main laundry room and was not combat related, the Navy said.

In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing ...

Hopes for quickly reviving trade through the strait are dimming without US naval escorts as Iran steps up attacks.

The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian ...

Iran has threatened to set oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East “on fire” if its energy sites are attacked.

Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

Horatio Nelson is famous for besting Napoleon at sea. But what did he mean by “Kiss me, Hardy”—his supposed last words?

The head of Iraq’s ports company said that 38 crew members of two foreign oil tankers were rescued after an Iranian attack set them ablaze in Iraq’s territorial waters in the Gulf. Also, three vessels ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...