HMS King George V, the lead ship of the most modern British battleships commissioned during World War 2, was the pride of the ...

The Russian battleship Oslyabya had a grand legacy. Named for a Russian hero, the vessel was little more than two years old when it went into battle against the Japanese in the Russian Far East. It ...

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The newly painted and repaired USS New Jersey had quite the homecoming on Thursday afternoon. After nearly 12 weeks away from the Camden waterfront, the historic vessel ...

American battleships were a symbol of naval power for decades but became obsolete with the rise of missiles and other ...

America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate ...

More than a dozen navies around the world already employ tall sailing ships in order to train sailors in basic seamanship. The Royal Navy was not among them—until now. It was during the “Age of Sail,” ...

One of the largest naval forces in the world is one of the newest: 333 combat vessels, 1,274 mine craft and patrol craft, 151 auxiliaries and 654 yard and district craft, 12,964 landing craft. The new ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By 2035, China could boast the world’s largest navy by tonnage and become a dominant force in the vital East China Sea and South China Sea ...

Have you ever seen a Navy ship bearing letters and numbers like DDG-51 or DD-214 and wondered what those codes mean? These ship labels might look random, but they follow a system that's been around ...