A Navy junior officer arrives in South Vietnam in 1967.

William T. Smoot, an officer on board the escort destroyer USS Eaton (DDE-510), watched firsthand the covert support provided to the Cuban rebels during the abortive attempt to invade Fidel...

Thoughts on the crucial importance of the Navy to the nation—and the perils of public disengagement.

A half-century ago, in August 1974, an unusual vessel was on an unusual—and secretive—project in the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean.

One of the world’s oldest active-duty naval ships has been damaged by a modern guided missile.

Ed Offley was named the 2023 Naval History Author of the Year at the 151st Annual Meeting of the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland, on 8 May.

The Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder (SS-257).

Readers respond to recent articles from Naval History.

Fifteen years before the Vought F4U Corsair cemented its name in history over the Pacific Ocean in World War II, the original Corsair earned its own significant place in the...

Although less than ten years old, the Monterey was an obsolete embarrassment in Sims’ opinion.

In the century between the fall of Napoleon and the opening guns of World War I, an alluring force was reconfiguring the European map: cultural nationalism.

Shipbuilding innovations evolved slowly in the 18th century. New naval architects started their careers apprenticed to shipwrights who used methods of construction unchanged for decades.