Today’s 276 ship US Navy could defeat the Reagan era Navy of twice its size in naval battle. The Reagan era Navywas twice the size of the current navy and had 594 ships. Trends in US military spending ...

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) -The Philippines' military chief on Tuesday dismissed as "propaganda" a statement by China's coast guard that said it had driven away a Filipino navy gunboat from around a ...

When U.S. naval officer Matthew Perry showed up in Edo Bay in July 1853, his “black ships” were not bringing a message of ...

Wondering about the historic “Mighty Midget” ship, absent from its Mare Island mooring for several weeks? The World War II vessel, last of an important Navy gunboat fleet, has been in drydock ...

Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid tensions with Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Twitter he has given orders for the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats found to be harassing U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Navy to “shoot down and destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass U.S. ships, a directive that comes a week after the Navy ...

“Remember the Maine” became the public call to arms that led the United States into war with Spain, the capture of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, and a more modern way for the Navy to use the ...

River-class patrol vessels exercising off the coast of Cornwall, Britain - Al Macleod The Royal Navy currently has five River-class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) forward-deployed around the ...