TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Iran says it successfully tested a new missile during naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman.
BATH, Maine, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has modified a contract with Bath Iron Works for detail design and construction support of the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Libyan ship said to be carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip turned back from an Israeli naval blockade Monday, an official said.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The owners of a Ukrainian arms ship hijacked off Somalia more than two months ago have agreed to pirates' $20 million ransom demands, an official says.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A ship sunk by the Indian navy as a pirate vessel actually was a trawler out of Thailand, the boat's owner said Tuesday.
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Australia's deputy chief of the navy says a program that reduces the number of soldiers on duty will not threaten national security.
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has announced plans to base one aircraft carrier near Jacksonville, Fla., instead of concentrating the fleet in Virginia.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A Saudi-owner oil tanker and its crew of 25 have been seized by pirates off the coast of Kenya, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
MUMBAI, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Somali pirates released the Indian crew of the Japanese cargo ship MV Stolt Valor after holding them captive since Sept. 15.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A Russian frigate prevented the seizure of a vessel flying the Saudi flag from being taken over by pirates off Somalia's coast Sunday, a Russian official said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A pirate ship was captured off the Somali coast by a British navy assault craft after it opened fire on the warship, officials said Thursday.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy successfully launched the USS Freedom, the first Littoral Combat Ship, during a commissioning ceremony in Milwaukee.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have seized a Danish cargo ship with a largely Russian crew, maritime officials reported Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The Pentagon announced Thursday it would name a new destroyer after U.S. Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, who won the Medal of Honor in Iraq.
COULPORT, Scotland, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Two mine hunters from the Royal Navy left for the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Telic, the British military campaign in Iraq, the Defense Ministry said.
