The USS Ted Stevens is named for longtime Alaska senator and Navy advocate Ted Stevens—even though Stevens actually served in ...

A decorated war hero has received one of the U.S. Navy's highest honors. Marine veteran Kyle Carpenter, a Medal of Honor recipient, will have a guided missile destroyer named in his honor. The U.S.

The Ageis Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is now operating within CENTCOM's area of ...

In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what ...

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) completed its sea trials following its extensive modernization, which included the replacement of ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...

The O'Bannon, front, underway in the Solomon Islands, Aug. 15, 1943. Following are the Chevalier and Taylor. (Naval History and Heritage Command) The Fletcher-class destroyer O’Bannon, known as the ...

The capability, versatility, and vital role of a navy destroyer in contemporary naval warfare make it an important ship within a country's naval force. Tasked with protecting larger vessels and ...