Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Assault boats approach the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication ...

With a $916 billion defense budget, more than the next nine highest spending countries combined, the United States is the world’s preeminent military power — and the U.S. Navy is an indispensable ...

Several U.S. naval ships are capable of reaching record-breaking speeds. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it ...

The French navy opened fire on a go-fast boat in the Atlantic to immobilise it, arrest its crew and seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine on board worth $150 million, authorities said on Tuesday. The Barron's ...

Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 8 during a Narragansett Bay patrol from Newport, Rhode Island, Aug. 9, 2025. US Navy photo The U.S. Navy is considering a 10-year-long multiple award ...

Intrepid Royal Navy patrol vessels tested their skills against fast Swedish boats during their huge Baltic deployment. Four of the force’s smallest ships were pitched against a formidable foe as the ...