USS Marinette uses the same kind of turbines found in Boeing 777 airliners, blasting water through four giant jets to hit extreme speeds in just a few seconds. It can crash stop in its own length, ...

In 1952, the SS United States won the famed Blue Riband, the prize given to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. On the record-setting maiden voyage, the ship went so fast some of the paint on the ...

With a $916 billion defense budget, more than the next nine highest spending countries combined, the United States is the world’s preeminent military power — and the U.S. Navy is an indispensable ...

A new naval ship will share a name with Michigan's capital city, Navy officials and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday at the state Capitol. “This city is a testament and monument to American ...

The SS United States, once a luxurious ocean liner, holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. It's rusting away at a pier in Philadelphia... The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic faces ...

The fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic — in both directions — has been languishing at a pier in south Philadelphia for more than twenty-five years. However, the days of the rusting SS ...