An Arleigh Burke-class US Navy destroyer fired its 5-inch gun during live-fire gunnery training with allied ships in the ...

An American warship has opened fire in the Baltic Sea as part of a major NATO naval exercise designed to enhance security and demonstrate allied strength against Russia in the strategically important ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy ...

A US Navy destroyer used its deck gun to shoot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea last year. A top commander revealed details of the battle for the first time this week. USS Stockdale and other ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

Destroyer USS Zumwalt has long had problems with its main deck guns, which don't have any ammunition. The technologically advanced stealth destroyer is getting something new though. The Zumwalt is ...

Tea time was over, dusk was falling in Boston Harbor. The U. S. destroyer Aaron Ward backed out of her pier and headed into the Atlantic. Behind, in a single grey file, trailed the A.P. Upshur and the ...

As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean negated ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer spent a tense nine hours at sea last week, using its battery of guns and missiles to shoot down a total of 4 cruise missiles and 15 drones. Yemen’s Houthi rebels—an armed group ...