The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s Arleigh Burke-Class Flight III Destroyers were conceived after plans for a new cruiser died, leaving a gap in integrated air and missile defense. -The answer: ...

In August, the U.S. Navy struck one of its most powerful ships from the rolls of active duty, heading for a well-deserved retirement. USS Mobile Bay joined the fleet in 1987, and the service ...

Few warships in naval history have signified as dramatic a technological advance as did the USS Long Beach CGN-9 when it ...

Summary: The Albany-class guided missile cruisers, originating from the World War II-era Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, represented a significant transition in naval warfare towards missile dominance ...

USS Leyte Gulf returned home after its last deployment, concluding nearly four decades of service. The guided-missile cruiser patrolled the South Atlantic to counter drug trafficking in the region.

The utility that submarines showed during World War I prompted navies to build many variants. One was cruiser submarines, which relied on large deck guns as much as they did on torpedoes. Navies ...