The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members. But what exactly is it? And why 21 shots? In military tradition, "guns" ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --After 66 years of outdoor display on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, a 4/50 gun that arguably fired the second American shot of World War II at Pearl Harbor is on the verge ...

Navy program managers this month said the service is starting to put some investment back into naval guns, including as lower ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines ...

In the 1930s, Japan’s naval engineers set out to build the most powerful warship ever conceived. The result was the Yamato-class battleship, armed with nine colossal 46-centimeter Type 94 guns, each ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

Strolling the river walk along the Washington Navy Yard waterfront today, it is hard to imagine that the Anacostia River, from the Yard all the way to its confluence with the Potomac River, was a ...

NATO warships deployed to the Red Sea have used their deck guns to shoot down Houthi drones. The deck guns fire cheaper ammunition than expensive surface-to-air missiles. Former US Navy officers told ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...