Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

The ship is the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship, and the second to last of the troubled ships to enter ...
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3,000-ton combat ship that can conduct anti-submarine missions commissioned into US Navy

A new combat ship with the capability of conducting anti-submarine operations has been commissioned into the U.S. Navy. The ...
Stars and Stripes

Pentagon unveils ship that has no crew as it seeks new advantages in naval warfare

SEATTLE — A previously unseen vessel cruising Puget Sound has been the talk of ship spotters, nautical bloggers, local television and newspapers as far away as the East Coast. “Images of the ...
Task & Purpose

The Navy wants more ships, but can it get them built?

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 ...
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‘Armor Is No Force Field’: The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-Class Battleships Will Never Make A Comeback

Key Points and Summary - After a day aboard USS Iowa, it’s easy to feel the pull of nostalgia—and the argument that a modernized Iowa-class could anchor Pacific power. -It shouldn’t. Even with new ...
The Spokesman-Review

The Navy turns 250 today. Here’s what you need to know about the military branch’s beginnings.

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to ...
WTEN

USS Slater celebrates U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A celebration in honor of the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday was held Monday at the USS Slater in downtown Albany. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution ...
The National Interest

The Royal Navy Is Returning to the Age of Sail

More than a dozen navies around the world already employ tall sailing ships in order to train sailors in basic seamanship. The Royal Navy was not among them—until now. It was during the “Age of Sail,” ...