Have you ever seen a Navy ship bearing letters and numbers like DDG-51 or DD-214 and wondered what those codes mean? These ship labels might look random, but they follow a system that's been ...

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military power.

In the same respect, whenever a ship is decommissioned for one reason or another — retired, sold, or destroyed — it is stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. In other words, it's removed.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy on Monday slammed China’s claim that a Philippine frigate had “illegally intruded” in Scarborough Shoal, saying Philippine law enforcement ships are ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be ...

Ships from the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group sail in formation, December 2023. (MC2 Nolan Pennington/U.S. Navy) President Donald Trump on April 9 signed ...