Having the most powerful Navy in the world is no easy task, and the British knew this when they ruled the seven seas. In ...

The fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) provides fuel and supplies to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during a replenishment at sea. Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready ...

The U.S. Navy said this week that it wants new ideas from industry on how it can ramp up production of unmanned attack vessels, marking the latest push by the service to incorporate more sea drones ...

The American destroyer USS Higgins simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile-2 last month.

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship successfully completed sea trials this month, a bittersweet milestone for a group of vessels that were once planned to be a bigger part of the ...

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says. The Pierre was ...

The future on the high seas for the Navy may be one without sailors. Unmanned ships like the USS Mariner and Ranger, and the recently launched USX-1 Defiant, are opening up a world that gives the Navy ...

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy destroyer Higgins conducts freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea on Wednesday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP) ...

The US Navy is grappling with shipbuilding and maintenance issues and faces a rising China. The Middle East conflicts have raised concerns about the Navy's readiness for a war against Beijing. A top ...

Chief Petty Officer Sarah LaFave, a native of Tupper Lake, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Iowa, the Navy’s newest ...

After twenty years and billions of dollars, Littoral Combat Ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally ...