The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...

The Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) became the first warship to deploy with a program-of-record artificial ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.

THE CHRISTENING OF THE AMPHIBIOUS SHIP CELEBRATED A CULMINATION OF TIME AND EFFORT, AND REPRESENTS THE FUTURE FOR THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. THE TWO WOMEN CARRYING OUT THE LONG TIME TRADITION ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The Cold War was a golden age for stealth technology as the US military ...

By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jan 18, 2025 The U.S. Navy is hoping that new upgrades can let the troubled littoral combat ships can help protect American forces from enemy drones. This week the ...

An expeditionary medical ship used by the Navy will be named for the city of Portsmouth. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Bethesda-class ship to honor the city’s long legacy of ...

Oct. 24,2024. US Navy Photo SAN DIEGO – When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge watch teams and weather ...

A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed.

Lisa Franchetti set a goal for the Navy last fall that she conceded might ... a five-part plan that includes getting new ships in the water on time while also creating more maintenance ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Navy said Monday, February 3, that it had “warned off and issued consecutive radio challenges” to three Chinese Navy ships that were stpotted in an area ...