Several U.S. naval ships are capable of reaching record-breaking speeds. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it ...

From classic Federation workhorses to wild experimental drives, Star Trek ships have used everything from refined dilithium to living mycelial networks to cross impossible distances. This countdown ...

With a $916 billion defense budget, more than the next nine highest spending countries combined, the United States is the world’s preeminent military power — and the U.S. Navy is an indispensable ...

A new naval ship will share a name with Michigan's capital city, Navy officials and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday at the state Capitol. “This city is a testament and monument to American ...

In 1952, the SS United States won the famed Blue Riband, the prize given to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. On the record-setting maiden voyage, the ship went so fast some of the paint on the ...

The fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic is about to embark on its final voyage. As Matt Guilhem of member station WHYY reports, the SS United States is headed to the bottom of the sea and ...

The SS United States, once a luxurious ocean liner, holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. It's rusting away at a pier in Philadelphia... The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic faces ...

The fastest ocean liner to ever cross the Atlantic — in both directions — has been languishing at a pier in south Philadelphia for more than twenty-five years. However, the days of the rusting SS ...