Since the days of the United States’ Revolutionary War and Connecticut patriot David Bushnell’s Turtle, the idea of a vessel …

Since the first ship put to sea thousands of years ago, sealift has been the primary method used to move …

Dramatic surface fleet changes are under way as the U.S. Navy moves to boost the numbers of multimission Aegis cruisers …

Both competing prototypes of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) are now complete, and as of spring 2010, the U.S. Navy …

Sometimes the U.S. Navy says that its role is often to “kick in the door” – to gain access to …

This is necessarily a highly selective tour of world naval developments, covering only a few navies. At least for Western …

For such a relatively small force – 42,500 active duty personnel; 8,500 reservists; and 7,800 civilians – the U.S. Coast …

The U.S. Coast Guard’s District 7, based out of Miami, Fla. , covers approximately 1.8 million square miles of ocean, …

On Feb. 16, 2010, the USS Freedom (LCS 1) left Mayport, Fla., for her first operational deployment, fully two years …

Piracy has been a fact of life at sea since the first merchant ship set sail millennia ago, although, until …