Iran may not have one of the biggest navies in the world, but it does have quite a lot of ships nonetheless. Here's what kinds of vessels the country owns.

Destroyer RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (543) shown Oct. 5, 2025, as it sailed between two Japanese southwest islands to enter the Philippine Sea. Japan Joint Staff Office photo Three Russian Navy ships arrived this week in Yangon to kick off the annual ...

The drag resistance of water makes over-ocean travel far slower than travel by land or air. Still, the U.S. Navy is tasked with responding to crises and emerging threats virtually anywhere in the world on short notice. As a result, the U.S. Navy not only ...

Last week, Donald Trump announced a new class of U.S. Navy battleships, which will be named after him. The Navy said that the new warship type “will be the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.” The president portrayed the move as a boost for ...

Thursday night saw Naval Academy midshipmen assigned to work as surface warfare officers choose the vessels that they will spend potentially the next several years working on. The ceremony took place in Alumni Hall. The energy was electric as each ...