Most water shoes are – if we’re being completely honest – ugly looking things that we wear purely for their practical applications (and quickly kick off once we’re clear of the wet stuff). Salomon ...

Ingalls Shipbuilding laid the keel for the future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) Thursday, the shipbuilder announced. Ship sponsor, Donna Berger, wife of Gen. David Berger, the 38th commandant of the Marine ...

THE PENTAGON – The Navy and industry could act quickly to ramp up amphibious warship production if the Congress and new administration support the Navy’s new call for 38 amphibs, the director of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ARLINGTON, Va. — HII is bracing itself for two big challenges in the Pentagon’s next budget request: the likelihood that money won ...

The readiness rate of amphibious ships critical to Marine missions has dropped to 41%, a defense official tells Military Times, as thousands of Marines and sailors are being sent to Latin America and ...

Navy and Marine Corps officials do not agree on whether the San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious ship is getting too pricey, putting the makeup of the gator fleet’s future into question. The office ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — A study on amphibious warship requirements that will help inform upcoming budgets is looking less likely to yield the results the U.S. Marine Corps wants. The amphibious portfolio is ...

Saturday will mark the formal commissioning of the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship, the USS America-- a big-deck amphib designed to more fully leverage the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the ...

The Navy is evaluating designs, costs and specifications for a new class of amphibious assault ships designed to replace the current fleet of cargo-carrying LSD 41/49 dock landing ships, service ...

Saturday will mark the formal commissioning of the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship, the USS America-- a big-deck amphib designed to more fully leverage the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter and the ...