The Kirov-class battlecruisers were developed during the Cold War to counter U.S. naval dominance, particularly the threat ...

It's common practice for the United States Navy to reuse names for different ships. Just as there have been more than one USS Enterprise ... first U.S. warship to sail to the Mediterranean ...

“The one ship that most nearly symbolizes the history of the United States Navy in World War II,” said James V. Forrestal, ...

This speed record for sailing ships held for an astonishing 135 years ... Launched by the US Navy in 1936, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) was one of the most famous ships used in the Second World War. The ...

This has included collisions and some dozen U.S. Navy ships have been seriously damaged due to such accidents. USS Enterprise ...

While the pioneers who created Langley had high hopes, it’s unlikely they would have imagined how such a humble beginning would lead to the leviathans that sail ... the USS Enterprise (CV-6) would ...

Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...

A unique and little-known ship packed a formidable punch in the Korean and Vietnam wars. This is how the USS White River earned its fearsome reputation. With the war in Ukraine waging through a ...

The Navy has begun the process of retiring its oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, which was commissioned in 1975.

The Nimitz was the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to join the Navy, following the USS Enterprise, a design used for only one ship. The Navy’s newest carrier is the USS John F.