"Iran has extensive tunnel networks to protect and launch such vessels surreptitiously, including midget submarines and other submersibles useful for mine laying."

“Yesterday in the Indian Ocean, … an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a press conference this morning. “Instead, sunk by a torpedo, quiet death, the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.”

The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier will remain in the fleet 10 months longer than expected, according to a Friday contract announcement from the service. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is now scheduled for decommissioning in March of 2027,

The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar ice cap for the 100th time since World War II.

USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) is the final ship for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the U.S. Navy have selected Anduril to address the persistent operational gap beneath the waves through participation in the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform P

The USS Robert Smalls will be replaced by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin.

The warships have used SM-3s to down Iranian missiles in Turkish airspace three times since February 28, a defense official said.