Coral Sea ended in a tactical victory for the Japanese, seeing the sinking of Lexington, but a strategic win for the ...

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned Montana-type heavy ...

The U.S. is maintaining a steady aircraft carrier presence in the South China Sea as both allied and Chinese military ...

The author gratefully acknowledges assistance for this article from Darlene Dingman, who suggested the topic, and the ...

Coral reefs are important ecosystems that house many types of marine life, and they're in quite a bit of danger. But man-made ...

November 21st, 1944. In the dark waters of the Formosa Strait, USS Sea Lion II locked onto the largest Japanese task force ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS George Washington quietly left the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet on Thursday to resume its annual patrol, two days after it hosted President Donald Trump. The ...

Two U.S. Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz — a Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet — crashed during separate "routine operations" over the South China Sea on Sunday, with all ...

It's hard to understate just how much the aircraft carrier has changed the face of naval warfare, as well as global geopolitical power itself since the beginning of the Second World War. Throughout ...

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half-hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy’s ...

Vern Jumper, the courageous Navy commander who helped more than 3,000 Americans and South Vietnamese refugees flee Saigon during the final hours of the Vietnam War, died at home in La Mesa on July 4.

President Trump signed a trade agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday, as he focuses on cementing deals with key U.S. trading partners during his nearly weeklong trip through ...