The following is the Dec. 4, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. From the ...

WAVY’s Ship Salute takes you to Naval Station Norfolk, where we explore USS Truxtun.  USS Truxtun just returned from a seven-month deployment in October. She was named after ...

The Navy plans to name a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, a former Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for an act of heroism during vicious fighting in Afghanistan ...

Key Points and Summary - DDG(X) is the U.S. Navy’s bid to move beyond Arleigh Burke destroyers that have hit their limits on space, power, and cooling. -Designed at roughly 14,000–15,000 tons with an ...

Chronic delays and labor overruns for Navy destroyers are a persistent trend that hurts fleet readiness, a Congressional ...

The destroyer collided with a tanker off the coast of Singapore last August. Fifteen months after a deadly collision that killed 10 U.S. sailors, the Navy destroyer USS John McCain is floating again, ...