The surface force will net a total of seven Littoral Combat Ships after the Navy shelved plans to decommission the hulls ...

The U.S. Navy's new medium landing ship design, sourced from a foreign shipbuilder, was chosen to control cost overruns and streamline construction timelines.

The United States needs to fundamentally change the way it builds ships to meet US Navy (USN) needs, according to Admiral ...

The US Navy (USN) is still pushing its forces to meet an 80% combat-surge-ready goal even as leadership acknowledges meeting that number will still be difficult ...

December 24, 2025: Huntington Ingalls Industries/HII is the largest naval shipbuilder in the country. Currently it is implementing new manufacturing methods to build everything except carriers and ...

As they became increasingly impractical, battleships are no longer used by the U.S. Navy. The corvette is another prominent type of ship that isn't currently employed by the American force. In a ...

Although the extent of the damage to the USS New Orleans is unknown, it will likely sideline a vital component of the US Navy’s surface fleet for months or longer. A fire broke out on the United ...