5 U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Destroyers Now in the Mediterranean Sea
The U.S. has positioned five ballistic missile defense-capable guided-missile destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea as Iranian forces launch salvos of…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 31, 2025
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Navy, Coast Guard Wrap Chinese Spy Balloon Recovery off South Carolina
The Navy and Coast Guard have finished collecting the remnants of a Chinese high altitude surveillance balloon off the coast…
USS Carter Hall Heading Back to Virginia as Rough Seas Anticipated in Chinese Spy Balloon Search
The amphibious warship that has served as the nerve center for the recovery of the remains of a Chinese spy…
Navy Contracted Salvage Ship Underway to Collect Chinese Spy Balloon Remains
A contracted offshore supply vessel left Virginia bound for the crash site of the Chinese spy balloon off the coast…
Navy Underwater Robots, Divers Searching for Remains of Chinese Spy Balloon; Salvage Ship Set to Deploy from Little Creek for Recovery
A U.S. amphibious warship, explosive and ordnance divers and underwater robots are off the coast of South Carolina surveying about…
3 Navy Warships, FBI Now Hunting for Wreckage of Chinese Spy Balloon off South Carolina
A trio of Navy warships, service divers and the FBI are on the hunt for the wreckage of a high-altitude…
NAVSEA: Cruiser Modernization Delays Biggest Hurdle to On-Time Maintenance
The Navy continues to make improvements on its overall ship maintenance performance, but the cruisers undergoing modernization overhauls are running…
Warships in Maintenance Always Face Increased Risk for Fire Damage
Fires are a constant worry for any ship, and every sailor is taught from their earliest days in the service that…
Fire-Stricken USS Iwo Jima Conducts Sea Trials; Investigation into Cause, Damage Assessment Ongoing
A month after a fire in a hazardous material space injured 11 sailors, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)…