Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is unusual and marks the Trump administration's latest push to increase ...

The move comes after China deployed groups of warships—including aircraft carriers—in the region to signal its naval power.

Key Points and Summary – USS Blue Ridge, commissioned in 1970, is the U.S. Navy’s oldest operational warship—but it remains ...

They are often the first response in a global crisis because of their ability to operate freely in international waters ...

The United States on Wednesday seized a tanker ship off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social ...

The US military seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, a brazen act of piracy that marks a major ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, moved into the Caribbean region on Tuesday, adding to the capability of the United States to strike boats ...

There was no tradition of saving retired warships throughout the 18th or early 19th centuries. That changed due to a movement not in the United States, but in the United Kingdom. By the early 1830s, ...

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln left San Diego on deployment Friday with virtually no fanfare and a mission that has yet to be publicly defined by the Navy. The Abe, as many call it, was ...

The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...

America has no shortage of military museums spread across the country, but having one inside of a retired aircraft carrier is ...

The Pentagon is moving some of its most advanced units and weapons closer to Venezuela as tensions run high between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday maps the buildup in the ...