The plan, which would gut the three-star positions atop five naval commands, is part of a Pentagon push to thin the military ...

SEA 21, NAVSEA’s surface ship lifecycle maintenance organization, began an availability duration analysis to understand the relationship between the work scope and how much time the yard would need.

Navy's 30-Year Plan Charts Course to 355 Ships By 2050s. ... Over the next five years alone, the Navy plans to buy 54 new ships, 11 more than were part of the plan a year ago.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s fleet would never reach the statutorily required 355 ships under two of the three scenarios outlined in the service’s latest long-range shipbuilding plan.

Navy ships are getting fewer steaming hours because of growing maintenance delays and costs, a troubling trend that comes as at time when the U.S. is struggling to keep pace with China’s growing ...

The ship’s deck is big enough to land a tilt-rotor Osprey. By comparison, the USNS Comfort, at almost 900 feet long, has 12 operating rooms and 1,000-bed capacity if double-bunked in the event ...