The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who chooses the names for Navy vessels?

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

Last weekend, the USS Jeremiah Denton was christened in honor of the Vietnam War hero who has local family ties.

Of course, with thousands of examples, the worst non-combat accidents related to U.S. Navy ships are difficult to ascertain. "Worst" could apply to the financial cost, the lives lost, or both, and ...

Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the ...

The Mothball Fleet isn't just one group of ships but rather a collection of inactive ships. Some are maintained to be reactivated in the event of an emergency.

We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense.

A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used in a live-fire exercise off the western coast of the Philippines as ...

Sitting peacefully amid us in the Pacific Northwest is one of the defining symbols of a trigger-point to America’s involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s.

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who chooses the names for Navy vessels?