These Iconic US Navy Ships Are Set To Be Decommissioned In 2026

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has made headlines for its planned retirement, but several other U.S. Navy ships are set to ...
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China's building 1,700 ships to America's 5. Senators say it's a security issue

Senators introduced the SHIPS for America Act, hoping to build 250 ocean-going vessels in America over the next 10 years.
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Navy budget for fiscal 2026 calls for purchase of 19 warships

WASHINGTON — The Navy is relying on the combination of the annual defense budget and supplemental legislation to buy 19 new ships in 2026, an increase from the five ships purchased in 2025 and eight ...
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The Navy wants more ships, but can it get them built?

The Navy’s budget request for the 2026 fiscal year is its most ambitious shipbuilding push in years. After asking Congress for just six new ships in the last fiscal year, and nine in the one before ...
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Navy Decommissioning Last Ships Before Fiscal Year’s End

This post has been updated to correct the status of Military Sealift Command ships that are being transferred to the Maritime Administration. The Navy is quietly decommissioning ships from the fleet ...
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What the US Navy could learn from Ukraine about sinking enemy ships

Even though Ukraine does not have much in the way of a navy, it has scored several victories against the Russian military by using drone boats known as unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, providing ...

HD Hyundai Heavy, Huntington Ingalls to Jointly Build U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls have agreed to ...