Key point: Beijing wants the same amphibious assault capabilities of America’s Marines. A Chinese shipyard has begun assembling the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s first big-deck amphibious assault ...

Manufacturer: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; 3x 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 4x .50 cal. machine guns; 4x 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns (LHD ...

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has won a potential $343.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide modernization, repair and maintenance support services for the USS Bataan (LHD 5) ...

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 31 (UPI) --Australia's first-of-class landing helicopter dock ship is closer to initial operational capability following completion of a graduated test and trial program. The ...

>> WE SAY IT’S LIKE YOGA. KIND OF LIKE, YOU JUST FOCUS, AND THREE HOURS GO BY LIKE THAT. BEN: ERIC BERTELSTEN AND HIS CREW OF FELLOW MODEL SHIP ENTHUSIASTS CAN SPEND HOUR, DAYS, AND EVEN YEARS WORKING ...

One of France's largest navy ships has sailed into north Queensland waters as part of a mammoth voyage aimed at increasing its presence in the Indo-Pacific. The 200-metre LHD Dixmude is on a ...