For the U.S. Navy, boats perform missions from mundane maintenance chores such as hull scraping and cleaning overboard ...

The US Navy’s Mark VI patrol boat is not just a vessel; it's a revolution in modern naval defense. This next-generation boat ...

After US strikes, Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz and continue nuclear proliferation by possibly getting a warhead from an ally.

Service members, veterans and their families expressed differing views on the airstrikes but shared concern over the safety ...

Philippine defense officials launched the first in a new class of offshore patrol vessels in South Korea this week. Named for a 16th-century Filipino hero, BRP Rajah Solayman (PS20) is the first ...

During the First and Second World Wars British fishing trawlers were turned into the Royal Naval Patrol Reserve to help clear the seas of mines and even take on the deadly U-Boats. They became known ...

The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States.

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Each patrol boat is powered by two diesel engines — Paxman Valenta 16RP 200M in series A and B, or Caterpillar 3516 DITA in series C — enabling speeds of up to 30 knots and a range of 3,380 nautical ...

The oldest U-boat you can visit is actually the first, as the U-1 wasn't used during WWI for combat operations. It hit another vessel in 1919 and was decommissioned, and now it resides in the ...

In response to the distress call, the U.S. Navy deployed SH-60 Seahawk helicopters from the decks of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and the destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107).

A vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea contained 19 badly decomposed bodies, at least some from Mali, authorities in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis announced on Wednesday.