American naval ships use USS before the ship's name, but with British ships it's HMS. There's a reason, and a lot of history, behind the designation.

After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...

The HMS Monmouth and three of her fellow Duke-Class frigates have been sold to the Turkish and Chilean militaries to fund the Royal Navy’s modernization efforts.

A passionate traveler, a member of the French navy, a reporter, and an illustrator, Pierre Loti documented his journeys ...

The French steam-sloop Catinat ... the screw line-of-battle ships St. Louis and Wagram, the iron-clad frigate Normandie, which was about going to France: the screw war transports Finistere ...

It's another step in the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion content from federal agencies.

“We call these satellites because it’s like the old space scenario, you know, with this as the mother ship (18th Avenue),” he said. There is no school zone that Tauranga Special School has ...

Here, 24/7 Wall St. is exploring which countries are contributing the most to NATO’s naval power. To identify the NATO countries with the most military ships and submarines, 24/7 Wall St ...

Our fleet has been steadily shrinking. President Reagan’s goal of a 600-ship navy is far from met. Today’s force has only 295 ships. Further, the current plan is to expand the fleet to 390 ships over ...

By the war’s end, the Naval ship was too old for further duty. It was assigned as a target for atomic bomb testing at the Marshal Islands, according to Naval History and Heritage Command. The tests ...

Navy officials revealed in January that, in 15 months of fighting, Navy ships used 160 5-inch shells over the course of 380 separate engagements, though, like with the missiles, they didn't say ...