The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...

Since the launch of USS Bainbridge in 1902, the U.S. Navy has produced 35 destroyer classes, not including numerous subclasses, evolving from small torpedo boat hunters into multi-mission warships ...

The Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer for the youngest living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat. The USS Kyle Carpenter will honor the ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...

Chronic delays and labor overruns for Navy destroyers are a persistent trend that hurts fleet readiness, a Congressional ...

The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers are multi-mission surface combat ships. The U.S. Navy is exercising an option for an additional DDG 51 guided-missile destroyer, as anticipated ...

From knights in heavy plate armor to tanks with steely shells, a thick armored casing alone was often sufficient protection in warfare for centuries. The advent of sophisticated missiles, though, has ...

All in all, the expansion of USV use is a promising experiment that could ameliorate the US Navy’s force-structure woes—while amplifying US fleets’ combat power in a hurry. Over at Defense One last ...

The Navy has voiced a goal of having 75 mission-capable warships that would be able to deploy at a moment’s notice anywhere in the world in support of combat operations. As its global operational ...

Could a flotilla of robot boats do the same job as a U.S. Navy destroyer? A task force commander has a theory. Now, Mattis needs to prove it to his leaders at U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa, he told ...

The destroyer collided with a tanker off the coast of Singapore last August. Fifteen months after a deadly collision that killed 10 U.S. sailors, the Navy destroyer USS John McCain is floating again, ...

The Republic of Korea Navy’s most capable warships, including Sejong the Great-class and Jeongjo the Great-class Aegis destroyers, as well as Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers, participated in ...