One U.S. Navy aircraft has the longest deployment. But that's not the whole story. We explain how the Cold War, pandemic, and ...

The United States is the world leader in aircraft carriers, boasting a total of 20 different vessels of the kind. These are the largest military ships on the planet, and the development of an aircraft ...

Dating back to the days of sailing vessels and piracy on the high seas, the intimidating black flag with a white skull and ...

Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time. Attack submarines, for example, were once named for fish, then later for cities, and most recently (in ...

The names, hull numbers, and abbreviations that come before a warship's name have been going on for centuries, making the tradition of naming a ship, in a word — complicated. For instance, ships in ...