Guided-missile destroyer Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG-124) in dry dock at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in June 2023. BIW Photo The Navy is now more than 80 ships short of the latest estimate of what ...

Today, warships carry anti-ship missiles capable of firing at targets over the horizon far beyond what anyone onboard the launch vessel can see and with powerful warheads, just one hit is capable of ...

The Navy last week totted up its losses off Okinawa: 4,907 men killed or missing, 4,824 wounded—nearly 20% of its total casualties in all oceans for the entire war. Okinawa was also the war’s ...

Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), left, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), in the Ionian Sea on ...

Traditionally, there are two major types of navy warfare: attacking an enemy’s ships and shore installations or attacking its merchant shipping. (Cyber warfare has emerged as a third.) As German ...

The Navy's civilian leader has announced that one of the future America-class amphibious assault ships will be named USS Fallujah -- an honor that has been quietly discussed in Navy circles for years.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and ...