The U.S. Navy may not have the most ships of any country's fleet, but it is well established as the greatest power on the world's seas.

The United States Navy’s industrial base is facing a full-blown crisis, threatening America’s status as the world’s dominant ...

TAGOS-class ships are a long-standing element of the US Navy’s ocean surveillance fleet, which collect acoustic data in ...

Navy ships aren't built by the Navy itself. Private contractors take on contracts to build them. But who are these companies, and which ships have they built?

The latest strategy document calls for a Navy of some 500 ships; around 350 would be crewed and about 150 would not be. Here's why.

It was small enough to be carried aboard a Navy amphibious ship, but at 85 feet, was large enough to have better range and systems than the RCB, which was used for coastal and riverine missions.

A little baby boat is making waves on Reddit. It may be the smallest ship in the U.S. Navy. The "Boomin Beaver" is a security tug that can tow small ships and deploy underwater fences. One of ...

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 USS White River.

Aboard US Navy warships, small group of sailors are tasked with defending the ship from threats posed by small ships or low-flying aircraft. Members of the Small Craft Action Team have to know how ...

The U.S. Navy’s existing amphibious assault ships, doubling as “light carriers,” are all the fleet needs to back up its full-size supercarriers, the service’s top air-warfare officer said ...

Navy ships aren't built by the Navy itself. Private contractors who build them include Huntington Ingalls, General Dynamics, and Fincantieri Marinette Marine.