Legend has it the most decorated U.S. Navy destroyer of WWII sank a Japanese submarine solely by throwing potatoes at it.

The US military has two classes of destroyers: the Arleigh Burke-class and the Zumwalt-class. How many people are needed to ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

The American destroyer USS Higgins simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile-2 last month.

The Zumwalt-class Destroyer is Not the Battleship of the Twenty-First Century: The United States Navy is trying to put lipstick on a pig. The Zumwalt-class destroyer was slated to be the next ...

The "destroyer escort that fought like a battleship” was found four miles below the surface. It was sunk at the Battle off Samar after fighting a Japanese task force for two hours at near point ...

Battleships are back! In little more than five months, the shape of America’s future Navy fleet changed. Between February and July, U.S. Navy leadership went from advocating for a modest fleet ...

A buildup of warships in the region has raised suspicions that Trump administration might take military action against ...

Not so. And getting the nomenclature right matters: calling a man-of-war a battleship conjures up images in the popular mind of thickly armored dreadnoughts bristling with big guns blazing away at ...

Were Britain ever to go to war with Russia, HMS Daring is the kind of ship that might make all the difference. Technically ...

Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter jumped on a grenade that landed near him and his friend. His body absorbed the brunt of the blast.