The submarine is the fifth Navy vessel to bear the name Idaho. The first was a wooden-hulled storeship commissioned in 1866. The most recent predecessor was the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42), commissioned in 1919, which earned seven battle stars during World War II.

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a new "Trump class" of Navy battleships named after himself under the revamped "Golden Fleet."

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio silence was essential. According to the Naval History ...

World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105.

The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able to provide support for attack missions in the air ...

All in all, the expansion of USV use is a promising experiment that could ameliorate the US Navy’s force-structure woes—while amplifying US fleets’ combat power in a hurry. Over at Defense One last month, senior editor Lauren Williams asked, “How ...