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The Ukrainians have no navy but have the anti-ship missiles and drones to take out the best of Russia’s Black Sea fleet – around 15 of Vladimir Putin’s warships have been sunk outright.
The Marine Corps is turning the Navy’s amphibious assault ships into small and agile carriers loaded with F-35B Lightning II ...
Ever since the flat top proved itself in the crucible of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, the carrier became the primary capital ship for the US Navy’s surface fleet.
Photographs supplied to Newsweek showed the silhouette of a Type 815A spy ship—distinguishable by the flat top of its front radome—as well as a Taiwan Navy Kee Lung-class destroyer, which had ...
In 2010, Navy leaders asked for Congress to approve 10 Independence-class vessels. They got their wish, and more. There have been 18 Independence ships built, with a 19th currently under construction.
Dec. 23 (UPI) --The readiness of the Navy's fleet of 32 amphibious warfare ships, which are deemed crucial in quickly projecting U.S. power around the world, is in dire shape, according to a ...
The necessities of war mother many an ingenious idea. At the height of the U-boat campaign, the office of the Quartermaster General had a timely brain wave. It was described last week in a release ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to rename one of its ships, honoring the late gay rights activist Harvey Milk, as Pride month gets underway.
Several Navy departments and the service’s top officer, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, have reviewed the Military Sealift proposal, now under consideration by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro.
But the last flat-top left there in 2015, when the USS Nimitz departed for Bremerton. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, helped identify a new future of smaller vessels for the installation.
The Navy fired both the commanding and executive officers of the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan, this weekend.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti attends USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) commissioning ceremony, Sept 7, 2024. US Navy Photo The new fleet-wide guidance from the Navy’s top ...