Since the launch of USS Bainbridge in 1902, the U.S. Navy has produced 35 destroyer classes, not including numerous subclasses, evolving from small torpedo boat hunters into multi-mission warships ...
Warships are among the biggest vessels in our oceans. For instance, the monstrous USS Gerald Ford, the first of its class of aircraft carriers, displaces around 100,000 tonnes and measures 1,106 feet ...
Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans, captained by Commander Tom Sharpe RN 2010-2012. Type 23s specialise in anti-submarine warfare - Lee Blease/Royal Navy Today we’re going to discuss fighting Russian ...
For three hours the Porter’s crew attempted to save the listing destroyer (photo here) before the order to abandon ship was given. Patriotic action movies would have you believe military units ...
The Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer for the youngest living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat. The USS Kyle Carpenter will honor the ...
DARTMOUTH, NS, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra Maritime received a CA$89 million contract from Lockheed Martin Canada, Inc. to supply three shipsets of Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) for the ...
On November 16, spectacular footage of NATO's Aegir 25 exercise, which took place near Andfjord, Norway, was shown on the Web ...
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval engagement in history, a sprawling affair that lasted from Oct. 23 to 26, 1944, involving four major engagements. In spite of hopeless odds, Japanese Adm ...
The crew of the USS Jacob Jones spotted the German torpedo coming at them from 1,000 yards away. The American destroyer was steaming alone in the Atlantic, 25 miles from Bishop Rock, off the southwest ...
Two of the Russian ships that sailed this week less than 30 miles from South Florida’s coast are among the first acquisitions in Moscow’s latest efforts to modernize its decaying fleet and are ...
The USS Jacob Jones, an American destroyer, sank off the southwest coast of England in December 1917. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command On the afternoon of December 6, 1917, the USS Jacob Jones ...