When you see ships carrying American troops and matériel, you expect them to be owned and operated by the U.S. Navy. However, some of the ships that carry the fuel, supplies, and other matériel the ...

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 ...

A Newsweek map tracks the movement of the oldest operational United States naval ship in the South Pacific Ocean, where Chinese warships recently conducted a show of force. USS Blue Ridge, a U.S. Navy ...

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 ...

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