President Trump has ordered the US Navy to destroy small boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The directive adds a new element and fresh risks to the Navy's mine-clearing operations. The US has ...

The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here in Souda Bay, Greece, cost roughly $13 billion to manufacture. (MCS3 Hannah Donahue/U.S. Navy) Recently ousted Navy Secretary ...

Navy Secretary John Phelan is departing the administration after serving in the role for just over a year, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary ...

A sudden shakeup at the Pentagon has left the U.S. Navy without its top civilian leader, and an acting official is stepping in immediately. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a post on X ...

The US Navy has committed more than a dozen warships to enforcing its blockade of Iranian ports. At the center of these efforts is a number of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The top US ...

Six weeks after the beginning of the war with Iran, President Donald Trump is giving the United States Navy its most difficult jobs of the conflict: blockading Iran’s ports and clearing the strategic ...

US Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the start of the war — as Iran threatened to attack any US vessels that entered the strait. “Several” American military vessels ...

Two US Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, laying the ground for the start of a mine clearing operation, US Central Command said. The USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) departs Split, Croatia, on Thursday. The extended deployment of ...

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Former U.S. Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said Friday there is “no doubt” that the U.S. Navy could run the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway for the transport of oil. “There‘s no doubt that the ...

The US Navy has tapped Anduril's Dive-XL autonomous submarine for its Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform (CAMP) project, which aims at rapidly develop a fleet of underwater motherships capable of ...