US Navy

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship, USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), before a crowd of 2,500 at Pier 21 at the Port of Galveston on

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of its first next generation aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), from Huntington Ingalls

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The White House budget office and the Navy are rushing to find an extra $600 million to buy a second Littoral Combat Ship

By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) – A U.S. warship carried out a “maneuvering drill” when it sailed within 12

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by

Trump’s campaign promise for a 350-ship Navy will have to wait at least a year. The 2018 budget proposal includes the purchasing of eight additional

By Mike Stone May 17 (Reuters) – Even if President Donald Trump’s promise of a 350 ship fleet is fulfilled, the U.S. Navy will still need to

A South Korean fishing vessel collided with the USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) while the guided-missile cruiser was conducting routine operations in international

By Rosalind Mathieson (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy will still challenge claims by nations like China to exclusive access in the South China Sea,

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy will delay by at least a year plans to award a multibillion-dollar construction contract for a frigate meant

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Expanding the U.S. Navy to 355 ships as recommended by military leaders and backed by President Donald Trump would cost

By James Pearson and Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 23 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its

By Nobuhiro Kubo (Reuters) Two Japanese destroyers on Sunday began an exercise with the U.S. Carl Vinson carrier strike group in the Western Pacific as it

The Tomahawk missile is famous for attacking stationary targets on land, but except for a short-lived anti-ship variant now out of service, it

by Mike Hixenbaugh (The Virginian-Pilot), Charles Ornstein and Terry Parris (ProPublica)  During the Vietnam War, hundreds of U.S. Navy ships

By Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, April 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday denied being misleading about

By Justin Sink and David Tweed (Bloomberg) — Vice President Mike Pence issued a fresh warning to North Korea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — Congress should consider delaying an upcoming U.S. Navy request for as much as $9 billion to start work on 12

By Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong BEIJING/PYONGYANG, April 14 (Reuters) – China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from