This post has been updated to correct the status of Military Sealift Command ships that are being transferred to the Maritime ...

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The Navy’s budget request for the 2026 fiscal year is its most ambitious shipbuilding push in years. After asking Congress for just six new ships in the last fiscal year, and nine in the one before ...

A US Navy destroyer practiced reloading missiles at sea last month, officials said Saturday. The Navy said the drill highlights logistics operations that are essential for a Pacific fight. Recent Navy ...

The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Higgins transits through the Arabian Gulf on Dec. 1, 2015, during exercise Spartan Kopis. (MC2 Gabriel Bevan/Navy) The U.S. Navy issued a strong ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is relying on the combination of the annual defense budget and supplemental legislation to buy 19 new ships in 2026, an increase from the five ships purchased in 2025 and eight ...