Japan’s first Tomahawk-capable destroyer returns home after US upgrades

Japan’s first destroyer capable of firing Tomahawk cruise missiles returned home after nearly a year in the United States, marking a major step in Tokyo’s effort to field long-range weapons…

US Navy destroyer spent 4 days without power in South China Sea

A U.S. Navy destroyer went days in the South China Sea without power last month, leaving sailors without potable water, galley services, toilets or air conditioning. USS Benfold, an Arleigh…

US Navy destroyer spent 4 days without power in South China Sea

A U.S. Navy destroyer went days in the South China Sea without power last month, leaving sailors without potable water, galley services, toilets or air conditioning. USS Benfold, an Arleigh…

US Navy destroyer spent 4 days without power in South China Sea

A U.S. Navy destroyer went days in the South China Sea without power last month, leaving sailors without potable water, galley services, toilets or air conditioning. USS Benfold, an Arleigh…

Navy destroyer went days without power in the South China Sea, leaving sailors without toilets

A Navy destroyer went four days without power in the South China Sea last month, leaving sailors aboard without toilets, air conditioning, galley service and potable water, according to the…

Navy destroyer returns home after Caribbean, Iran war deployments

After a little over eight months, the USS Thomas Hudner pulled into its home port this weekend. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer returned to Naval Station Mayport, Florida, after more than…

Navy christens new destroyer named for corpsman who earned Medal of Honor

In 1953, in the final months of fighting in the Korean War, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class William Charette found himself in a Marine Corps outpost as Chinese forces bore down…

Japanese destroyer fires Tomahawk missile in ‘historic test launch’

The guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai successfully fired the missile with support from the U.S. Navy, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a news release

Chinese destroyer trains with live fire inside Japan’s EEZ for first time

A Chinese navy guided-missile destroyer trained with live machine-gun fire inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the first such incident acknowledged by Japan’s Defense Ministry.