Speed can be crucial in fighting at sea, and some vessels stand out as particularly quick. What they lack in armor and firepower, they make up in velocity.

She also was instrumental in getting a Navy ship — a fast, agile high-tech combat ship designed for “near-shore” action — named the USS Fort Worth. Over the years, Granger has changed or ...

Jimmy Carter, later known as a peacemaker and humanitarian, is the only president to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in the most serious accident yet since American troops began ...

A new look at detailed data about Civil War skirmishes along the Mississippi River reveals another key to the Union’s victory ...

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

The F/A-18 shot down had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, Central Command said. On Dec. 15, Central Command acknowledged the Truman had entered the Mideast ...

(AP Photo) This is a 1932 photo of Jimmy Carter at age 7 in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo) Lt. Jimmy Carter peers at instruments on ...

USS Fort McHenry and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of an amphibious ready group operating in the 5th and 6th Fleet theaters,” according to Stars and Stripes. “The command has ...