The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy, occasionally accompanied by ships from allied countries, transits the strait about once a month. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, says the strategic waterway belongs ...

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.

The Navy has sidelined 14 support ships as part of a broader plan to deal with a persistent civilian crew member shortage, according to the head of Military Sealift Command. The plan ...

Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait this week in the first such mission since President Donald Trump took office last month, drawing an angry reaction from China ...

According to Reuters, the navy confirmed on Tuesday that two ships – an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer the USS Ralph Johnson and the USNS Bowditch, a survey ship – had crossed ...

By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jan 18, 2025 The U.S. Navy is hoping that new upgrades can let the troubled littoral combat ships can help protect American forces from enemy drones. This week the ...

These ships are vital to the success of combat operations and homeland defense. The Navy uses operation and maintenance (O&M) and other appropriated amounts to support operating the ships ...

Part of the reason the Navy has set up its ships and squadrons that way -- completely unlike any other branch -- is because "we always have a wide range of both specialized and non-specialized ...

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 ...