When the United States Navy (USN) was formed under the Naval Act of 1794, the branch had only six frigates authorized by Congress, some of which didn't launch until the 19th century. It took some time ...

The U.S. Navy awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding a $99 million contract modification to conduct system testing and sea trials ...

Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine. US Navy image SAN DIEGO — The Navy and shipbuilders working on the first Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine are striving to ...

The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...

The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) successfully launched Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) surface-to-air interceptors and destroyed aerial target drones during a ...

The decommissioning of the USS Shiloh and the USS Lake Erie leaves just five Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers left in the Navy’s fleet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons When the United States Navy (USN) was formed under the Naval Act of 1794, the branch had only six ...