U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) fires various weapons systems during training exercises, including the ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

A US Navy destroyer used its deck gun to shoot down a Houthi drone in the Red Sea last year. A top commander revealed details of the battle for the first time this week. USS Stockdale and other ...

The sky erupted in a hail of tracer fire as USS Shea's guns roared to life. It was May 4, 1945, and the destroyer minelayer ...

Tea time was over, dusk was falling in Boston Harbor. The U. S. destroyer Aaron Ward backed out of her pier and headed into the Atlantic. Behind, in a single grey file, trailed the A.P. Upshur and the ...

As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean negated ...