Outgunned and facing impossible odds, USS Johnston charged directly into a vastly superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in 1944. With her captain mortally wounded and ammunition running ...

serving under both American and Japanese flags during World War II. This groundbreaking discovery was made off the coast of northern California on a collaborative expedition between Ocean Infinity, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. On Saturday, the U.S. Navy's USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) aided in the ...

In late December 2025, the U.S. Navy announced plans to pursue a new class of large surface combatants described as Trump-class battleships, marking the first time in decades the service has publicly ...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. — Cheers erupted through the rain as the USS Nimitz pulled into Naval Base Kitsap, marking a historic homecoming after 270 days at sea and the aircraft carrier’s final ...

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group pulled into Guam’s Apra Harbor on Thursday, the ship’s first visit to the island since 2024. The Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by the ...

Sailors man the rails as the USS Abraham Lincoln passes North Island in January 2022. (File photo courtesy of the Navy) The USS Abraham Lincoln quietly departed from San Diego last week with the Navy ...

Quietly, Quentin Johnston was one of the bigger injury question marks for the Los Angeles Chargers a week ago, then going into the bye week. Johnston was a staple of the Chargers’ injury report for ...

There was no tradition of saving retired warships throughout the 18th or early 19th centuries. That changed due to a movement not in the United States, but in the United Kingdom. By the early 1830s, ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) on Nov. 11, 2025, after a high profile redeployment from European waters. Alongside ...