The Izumo-class “helicopter destroyer” is a miniature aircraft carrier. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) possesses two of these ships, the JS Izumo (DDH-183) and JS Kaga (DDH-184) .

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report into the engine room fire on board ro-ro passenger ferry Stena Europe as it approached Fishguard, Wales. At 2115 on 11 ...

The U.S. Navy accelerates its plans for the arming of Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles, taking naval warfare ...

Each of the Zumwalt-class destroyers would be deployed with four weapon tubes, with each tube carrying three Conventional Prompt Strike missiles. When firing at long range, missiles traveling at ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — After a five-month deployment, Sailors aboard a guided-missile destroyer assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group have returned to San Diego. The ...

China's navy has a menacing new addition to its naval fleet: the Type 055 class guided missile destroyer ... the cell via pressurized gas before its engine fires. That arsenal includes YJ-18 ...

A Russian vessel, Ursa Major, sank in the Mediterranean after an explosion, leaving two crew members missing. The ship was operated by Oboronlogistika, a Russian Defence Ministry-affiliated ...

Trials on USS Arthur W. Radford (DD- 968) (pictured), a Spruance Class destroyer, have shown a reduction in required power up to 14 percent resulting in a projected annual fuel savings of 4,400 ...

April 5, 2024: The American Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers have turned into a very expensive experiment into how not to build a new class of warships. Because of the high cost, which was eventually ...

The most common VLS user is the American Burke class destroyer, with 90 VLS cells. A smaller number of cruisers have 122 VLS cells each. Some of the older Spruance class destroyers got 61 VLS cells.

Just in time for the holidays, thousands of sailors with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including its flagship Nimitz-class ... Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, which includes USS ...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro last week announced the names of two new Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146) and USS Intrepid (DDG 145 ...