A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier spans 4½ acres of sovereign and mobile American territory, serving as a floating city on the ocean. While most people associate carriers with their ability to launch ...

Vertical launch systems gave modern warships unprecedented firepower, but they also introduced a hidden weakness. Once those ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

On Monday, the USS Benfold left Yokosuka, Japan, where it had been based since October 2015, and began its journey back to the United States. For these 10 years, the warship was an integral part of ...