The US Navy needs a large surface warship to maintain any edge that it might still have over China in the Western Pacific.

1. USS Johnston (DD-557) The Johnston, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a small ship (weighing in at only 2,700 tons) but she packed a punch. During the ferocious action off Samar Island in the ...

The United States Navy has developed over 1,000 ... Between 1919 and 1922, the Navy built 156 Clemson-class destroyers. The Clemson, which became the most numerously produced destroyer of the ...

The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.

The guided-missile destroyer, which left the Middle East in June, will help "restore territorial integrity" at the US border, officials said.