USS Enterprise is one of the most used U.S. Navy vessel names. What makes it so iconic that it keeps returning across ...

The total conflict of the Second World War saw battles on land, in the sky, and at sea. These are just a few Navy ships that ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering ...

(CNN) — The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most remarkable stories in the service’s history. More than 80 years ago, the ...

On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off the deck of the cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ...

For centuries, pirates lay in wait behind Land's End in Cabo San Lucas, waiting to attack richly laden Spanish galleons.

During special occasions, the crews aboard naval ships assume a unique formation and line the deck, a tradition known as "manning the rails". This tradition is deeply rooted in naval history and is a ...

In a contraption of his own making, Glenn Curtiss took to the skies in 1911, boldly becoming the first American to fly a seaplane in a quick trip from Coronado’s North Island to San Diego Bay. The ...

The ships, including USS Constitution, were created to fight "Algerine corsairs," also known as Barbary Pirates.

In a display of infantile weakness, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the U.S. Navy to remove iconic gay rights activist and Korean War veteran Harvey Milk’s name from a ship. A Pentagon ...

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...