The aft flight deck of a modular LCS It was this line of thinking that lead the US Navy to embark on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program in the early 2000s. These ships would be more nimble ...

The Navy has faced years of maintenance backlogs and ship shortages. In December, the Government Accountability Office found ...

Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has completed construction of the hull of the first Pohjanmaa-class ...

US Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), assigned to US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), has been conducting joint naval and air integration operations with US ...

From 2011 to 2020, only 46% of the Navy’s amphibious class of ships were available at any given time, according to the government watchdog. GAO recommended the Navy refine ship availability ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN — USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted a successful replenishment-at-sea (RAS) February 8 marking the ship's first time receiving fuel from a replenishment ship in more than 24 ...

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress.

The release did not specify McLean’s ship but a 2020 Navy release said McLean was then the XO of the littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis Saint Paul, which is homeported at Mayport (LCS-21).