Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy may not build the fifth and sixth Ford-class aircraft carriers as planned. The ...

The U.S. Navy is evaluating a concept that would allow its largest nuclear-powered aircraft ...

USS George H.W. Bush may be avoiding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the ‘other” chokepoint in the Middle East, where U.S. Navy destroyers have come under attack in the past.

The new US Navy supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford has been deployed for 297 days, a record-long carrier deployment in the modern era extended by significant military operations. In the almost ten months ...

Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers cannot be preserved for safety, security, and cost reasons—meaning that these five ships will likely be the final carriers ever to be preserved as museum ships.

USS Doris Miller, named for a hero of Pearl Harbor, is expected to face a two-year delay related to the Navy’s shipbuilding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier is about to break a modern record for the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier ...

USS Nimitz is rounding South America as part of a homeport shift from Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Wash., to Naval Station Norfolk, Va.

USS Midway (CVB-41) Off Norfolk, Virginia on May 12, 1947, with a deck full of SB2C "Helldiver" bombers. - National Archives The U.S. Navy got its official start on October 13, 1775, when the ...