It would be easy to mistake LHD-7 for an "aircraft carrier," but the conventionally-powered warship is actually a Wasp-class ...

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived NYC to face criminal charges. Here's what to know about the ship that helped bring ...

The USS Lucid, a rare Navy minesweeper docked near the port of Stockton, is set to undergo a large-scale restoration as ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.

The Navy’s budget request for the 2026 fiscal year is its most ambitious shipbuilding push in years. After asking Congress for just six new ships in the last fiscal year, and nine in the one before ...

The US Navy’s history is replete with tales of mighty ships that have shaped the course of naval warfare. However, some of these ships, despite their significant impact, met an untimely end, being ...

The following is the Dec. 17, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Ship Maintenance: Fire Prevention Improvements Hinge on Stronger Contractor Oversight.  From the Report What GAO Found ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

The names, hull numbers, and abbreviations that come before a warship's name have been going on for centuries, making the tradition of naming a ship, in a word — complicated. For instance, ships in ...

When the United States Navy ships' hull designations first appeared in 1895, ships were referred to by class followed by their series numbers, such as "Battleship 7" or "Destroyer 17," with ...