USS stands for United States Ship, and is used for Navy ships that are currently in active service. The designation has been used since the 1790s.

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says.

The USS Midway Museum held a grand opening for its exhibit dedicated to the world of Navy intelligence.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, flagship of the Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 12, departed Naval Station Norfolk around 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Gallery: USS Gerald R. Ford deployment “Nervous, sad, we’re going to miss him most definitely,” said Brooke Crespo Nieves. “We have two children, so he is definitely going to be missed.” ...

The Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy near the Middle East on Tuesday, AP reports.

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will deploy to the EUCOM area amid tensions. Earlier, US Navy ships launched strikes on Iranian missiles.

GROTON, CONNECTICUT — The USS Indiana, Indiana’s namesake submarine, underwent a change of command last week. Commander Kyle McVay turned the USS Indiana over to Commander Kyle Johnson in a ...

The USS Nimitz carrier strike group expedites Middle East deployment as the United States shifts military resources in response to the Israel-Iran conflict.

Rather than being deployed overseas to regions like the Middle East, the USS Gravely was assigned to operations much closer to home.

The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, will be dismantled in Mobile, Alabama, according to The National Interest.

After an eventful deployment to Europe and the Red Sea, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) berthed at Naval Station Norfolk on ...