It comes as the size of the Navy’s surface fleet of destroyers and frigates reached a historic low despite increasing conflict across the globe. Of the six state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer ...

The US Navy’s DDG(X) next-generation destroyer program, slated to succeed the Arleigh Burke-class, now projects first ship ...

The hull designation seen on every vessel in the Navy tells servicepeople which ship is which and helps differentiate between ...

The Navy announced that four more ... While extending the service lives of these destroyers partly reflects concerns about maintaining the size of the fleet, it also takes other factors into ...

Despite its smaller size, the Akizuki class employs a ... the ships were originally built for Iran. The U.S. Navy acquired the destroyers after the contract with Iran was canceled and subsequently ...

It’s possible that the Navy could afford only one of the ships per year, compared to current destroyer build rates of two to three per year, shrinking the size of the fleet over time, ...

The panel in recent years has clashed with the Navy in regard to balancing readiness, fleet size and the creation ... Combat Ship and Zumwalt-class destroyer programs as well as the first-in ...

Its most powerful destroyer class, the Type 055 or Renhai ... While China already has the lead in terms of navy size, it continues to expand its naval force. The Congressional Research Service ...

The Navy’s next destroyer—the DDG(X)—will need to deliver ... This will require allowances in size and power generation for future variants without slowing shipyard production.

Mike Gilday said the stealth destroyers would be the first Navy ... However, after the Navy reduced the size of its Zumwalt fleet, manufacturing costs for the Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile ...

The Pentagon wants a U.S. Navy destroyer to help shake things up along ... and other weapons—against boats a fraction of its size carries out an even simpler mission: intimidation.

Moreover, while the size of the U.S. Navy is expected to ... to see that this latest incursion was met with four U.S. Navy destroyers, which sends a strong message to Xi Jinping and Putin that ...