Naval ships and submarines all come with a designation that generally describes what they do and other key specifications.

The following is the June 30, 2025, Congressional Research Service Report on Navy Ship Names. From the report Overview of ...

U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval ...

No other changes are expected soon to the fleet of John Lewis-class ships, most of which are named after civil rights figures ...

The Navy continues to be under immense pressure to hasten the process of shipbuilding and modernize methods of repair and ...

The FY 2026 US Navy budget request asks for additional research funding ... programme research and development (R&D) efforts for ship design and development including nuclear propulsion system ...

The ship will be commissioned this fall and homeported in San Diego, supporting security, sea control and deterrence operations, the Navy said. The achievement marked the close of an important chapter ...

GROTON, Conn. — The Undersea Warfighting Development Center, or UWDC, held a change of command ceremony Friday aboard the ...

The U.S. Naval Institute News, or USNI News, reports the newly renamed USNS Harvey Milk, is in Mobile undergoing a maintenance availability.In a story published on the USNI News website June 27, it ...

Packed with maritime and colonial history, Maryland’s capital city of Annapolis also offers tons of ways to get out on the ...