Ship naming conventions evolve along with the cultures and services that create them. The first known instance of a ship being named dates to ancient Egypt.

In July 1945, a B-25 bomber on a routine transit flight crashed into the skyscraper's 79th floor.

Before the Caroline Affair, the concept of anticipatory self-defense did not appear often in international law.

The Navy and Marine Corps are presented with a monumental occasion to enhance their public presence by commemorating the Revolutionary War and the Navy’s 250th birthday.

Throughout World War II, the Icarus conducted convoy escort work, search and rescue duties, and antisubmarine patrols

It was the summer of 1985, and the Cold War was at its apex. But a change was in the air.

Thirteen sailors, veteran crewmen of the former presidential yacht USS Sequoia, aka “the floating White House,” came together in Cambridge, Maryland, for a reunion on board the vessel.

Edward J. Marolda—the author/editor of numerous books and a historian with the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Program—was recognized as the 2024 Naval History Author of the Year.

A renowned authority offers an insightful look at the dueling strategies for deploying ballistic-missile submarines during the decades-long U.S.-Soviet naval standoff.

Kamehameha I used British-manned ships’ guns to consolidate his power over the Hawaiian Islands in the 1790s.

Jesse Coward graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in the class of 1922 and retired as a rear admiral in 1947. In between, he fought the Japanese in some of...

China’s humiliating defeat by the British in the Opium War of 1839 to 1842 had laid bare the fact that the Qing Dynasty needed to modernize its military.