The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...

USS Alaska surged ahead, ready to confront an innovative German pocket battleship in the cold waters of the Atlantic. The ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has made headlines for its planned retirement, but several other U.S. Navy ships are set to ...

While modern carriers like the USS Gerald R. Ford are significantly more advanced, the Essex-class carrier fleet were ...

US President Donald Trump wants to “Make American Shipbuilding Great Again.” And leaders at two South Korean shipyards say that, given the chance, they could do just that.

A former Navy secretary tells of how he helped shape our Navy into the fighting force it is today, and about its beginnings ...

The USS New Jersey, an Iowa-class battleship, served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf. It's now ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries which examined how to ...

The U.S. Navy reached a major milestone in an effort to modernize its Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers when the USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) completed builder's sea trials in late ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces ...