There's a "USS" in the name of every commissioned ship in the United States Navy. But other designations are more obscure.

The U.S. Navy seems unable to figure out what it wants from the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer. Different conceptual ...

An organization hopes to commemorate the 1942 sinking of an American destroyer, the first to be sunk after Pearl Harbor.

In this week's Texas Minute history column, Ken Bridges looks at the life and legacy of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

The Nimitz and its escorts — the guided-missile destroyers USS Gridley and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee — pulled into Apra ...

The six-day naval drill includes a harbour phase with joint training and exercises focused on piracy and information sharing, ...

The United States Navy continues to take rapid steps to improve its at-sea ballistic missile defense system, an integrated ...

From the apparent deployment of hypersonic missiles to the use of the China Coast Guard, some new developments reflect Beijing’s evolving strategy in the Taiwan Strait.

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, flagship of carrier strike group, embarked carrier air wing and destroyers ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 18.

What better way to celebrate Star Wars day than snapping together a teeny weeny Lego Millennium Falcon or R2-D2?