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 ...

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 ...

The German S-Boat (Schnellboot) was a product of ingenious engineering designed to exploit a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles. Though built from wood, it became the fastest combat ship in the ...