DDG, LHD, CVN? Decode key U.S. Navy ship abbreviations and learn what they mean and what vessels they designate.

The Navy is investigating the circumstances behind one of its ships running aground on July 15 in Bahrain. The Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship Alan Shepard experienced the mishap at the ASRY ...

The U.S. Navy is investigating why and how one of its cargo ships ran aground in Bahrain this weekend. The USNS Alan Shepard, a 210-meter-long Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, left a shipyard ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra arrived at the U.S. naval base in Bahrain last week, the first of four new vessels expected to replace aging mine countermeasures ships in the Middle East ...

The first Littoral Combat Ship outfitted with a mine countermeasures package has arrived for a rotational deployment to Bahrain, the Navy announced. USS Canberra (LCS-30) arrived May 22 to U.S ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy could deploy the aluminum hull, Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Middle East as part of a future mine-countermeasures force in U.S. Central Command ...

The city of Manama is home to Naval Support Activity Bahrain, where the Navy bases ships that patrol the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. Andrea DiCenzo for The New York Times ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — Navy recruiting is making progress toward easing a long-standing manning shortage at sea, the service’s top enlisted leader told sailors in Bahrain this week. Master Chief ...

An investigation into the Navy’s efforts to modernize — to better prepare for a potential conflict with China — took me on a long journey from Pascagoula, Miss., to the Middle East.

Two British Royal Navy mine-hunter vessels were involved in a collision in a port in Bahrain, the Royal Navy said. No one was injured in the accident which occurred in Bahrain Harbor on Friday, it ...

The Navy is required by law to replace the four aging Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships stationed at the U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.

The U.S. Navy has is investigating how USNS Alan Shepard, a cargo ship that carries dry cargo and ammunition, ran aground in Bahrain.