When a naval ship has served its purpose or becomes technologically obsolete, it's typically retired or "decommissioned." What usually follows is a scrapping operation, although occasionally a ...

Littoral Combat Ship: Was It Really a Failure for the Navy? The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has faced considerable scrutiny, with critics citing high costs, maintenance dependencies ...

Qatar Emiri Naval Ship ALKHOR visited Karachi and was warmly welcomed by Pakistan Navy officers and sailors. During the visit, Commanding Officer of the visiting ship paid homage at Mazar-e-Quaid. He ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Indonesian Navy training ship KRI Bima Suci arrived in Manila on Tuesday morning for a four-day goodwill visit. The vessel docked at Pier 15 in South Harbor around 9 a ...

The aft flight deck of a modular LCS It was this line of thinking that lead the US Navy to embark on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program in the early 2000s. These ships would be more nimble ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt ... in which a kid with binoculars could find you. The Zumwalt program cost $24.5 billion overall, or $8 billion per ship. Harrison Kass is a ...

New Zealand's Defense Minister has clapped back at claims that the appointment of a female to captain a $61 million navy ship ultimately led to its sinking. The navy's specialist dive and ...

Damen Shipyards is building a multifunctional vessel for the Portuguese Navy. The ship will be the first in the world to combine oceanographic research with drone deployment capabilities.

New Zealand's defense minister, Judith Collins, condemned the "vile" and "misogynistic" online comments aimed at Commander ...

In the summer of 2020, a fire broke out onboard a naval ship docked in San Diego Bay. For more than four days, the USS Bonhomme Richard burned as helicopters dropped buckets of water from above ...

There are "huge implications" for Ireland's security after it emerged that only two Irish Navy ships are available for offshore patrols, a TD (MP) has said. The Naval Service has eight vessels but ...