The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the ...

The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...

The Essex-class aircraft carrier came about during World War II and was one of the first class of carriers to be outfitted ...

USS Alaska surged ahead, ready to confront an innovative German pocket battleship in the cold waters of the Atlantic. The ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has made headlines for its planned retirement, but several other U.S. Navy ships are set to ...

A former Navy secretary tells of how he helped shape our Navy into the fighting force it is today, and about its beginnings ...

Recently, I watched a gripping movie called “Greyhound” that was about World War II and the North Atlantic convoys that were heavily preyed upon by German U-boats until Navy destroyers started ...

The U.S. Navy reached a major milestone in an effort to modernize its Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers when the USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) completed builder's sea trials in late ...

U.S. forces deployed ships from southern Indiana to the Pacific Theater. The boats carried troops and large equipment, ...

From knights in heavy plate armor to tanks with steely shells, a thick armored casing alone was often sufficient protection in warfare for centuries. The advent of sophisticated missiles, though, has ...

A Chinese naval flotilla, led by a pair of destroyers, was tracked sailing around nearly all of Japan's territory, including its outlying southwestern islands, in less than a month, according to data ...

The U.S. Navy is celebrating a major milestone. It was on that date in 1775 that the Continental Congress greenlighted the first U.S. naval force. That makes Monday the Navy's 250th birthday. The ...