When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge ...

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.

For most of the 20th century, virtually every naval ship had asbestos aboard in some capacity. Now, the U.S. Navy is the military branch believed to have the highest rate of mesothelioma, a cancer ...

Known as Enterprise Remote Monitoring Version 4 (ERM v4), the system is the shipboard aspect of a Pentagon program called Condition Based Maintenance Plus, which in part aims to leverage machine ...

(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Hall/Navy) The Navy’s new five-part plan to prepare new ships for deployment will require more maintenance time for the current fleet. However ...

To accomplish this mission the Continental Congress purchased, converted, and constructed a fleet of small ships -- frigates, brigs, sloops, and schooners. These navy ships sailed independently or ...

The Chinese Navy has allegedly completed a war game pitting a Type 055 destroyer against eight Arleigh-Burke opponents.

As climate change brings more boats to the Arctic, the U.S.'s need for boats that can cut through the ice has also increased.

At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...

Two multipurpose combat ships sold to the Indonesian Navy by Fincantieri have had their names changed before they begin their new service lives. Marcantonio Colonna and Ruggiero di Lauria were ...

GE Marine & Industrial Engines (M&IE) introduces the LM2500R gas turbine, touted as an alternative technology for naval ship propulsion. The proposed LM2500R design is a recuperated version of GE ...

But the US Navy sought to get eyes in the water as well ... Stealth submarine to surface ship Ben Rich, then the director of Lockheed's Skunk Works, decided to apply the F-117's stealthy coatings ...